Sobek and the Pharaoh Power

Sobek and the Pharaoh Power

Crocodile one of the most powerful and powerful amphibians of all animals has a combination of water and land from ancient legends all over the world the creator of the birth from the primeval water established as one of the important gods of Egypt in the ancient Egyptian mythology from the Egyptian Empire 2686-2181 BC. Sobek, also known as Eunice serves as a guardian god the god of birth the tail swaying in the desert in the sunlight the green body like a warrior's armor the face of a hard amphibian has been important in the main temple in Egypt for a long time. The god of water the qualities to protect others and evil is a dangerous animal born from the Nile River. Military protection like armor that protects the warrior and is also the abundance of the cycle of nature The mythical form has the head of a crocodile and the body of a man of the god Sobek

The complex and flexible nature is associated with the power of the ancient pharaohs and is known as Sobek in ancient Greece. The god of creation through his association with the god Ra and the god Sobek combined as a crocodile crowned with the sun and Uraus symbolized by the cobra Sobek whose rituals aimed to stop and slow down the destruction of nature and its fertility became the symbol of the city of Shedet now Fayum. In the temple Sobek is mentioned in the Pir texts performed at the center of the cult at Shedet, as the leader of the gods in burial First appearing in a seal during the reign of the First Dynasty pharaoh Narmer the seal symbolizing the crocodile faces the shrine with a prominent and powerful figure

The ancient powerful Sebek

Sobek was prominent and prominent in the Middle Kingdom for seeking the power that remained mysterious to the ancient Egyptian gods Nun and founded other gods and the world. It was raised in the hymns of Sobek in important rituals and festivals in the late Middle Kingdom. To the union with the god Ra the union with the god Sobek who wore the crown of the sun and the cobra symbol Uraus which remained mysterious in the Middle Kingdom The power that has a powerful and strong form of power in the combination The combination with Aurus became important again as a result of the cyclical relationship with the god Ra. King Pharaoh Amenhotep III The god Sobek in human form with a crocodile head of a limestone alabaster Egyptian statue of Pharaoh Amenhotep III with Sobek showing the relationship between the king and the god Sobek in human form with a crocodile head.

Statue of Sobek with Amenhotep III / Luxor Museum : Egypt

Gave the symbol of life Ankh to Pharaoh Amenhotep III Sobek-Horus during the time of the kings of the 12th Dynasty especially Amenhat III acquired the status of a god not only as Horus on earth but especially under the pharaohs The Twelfth Dynasty Amenemhat III's association with Sobek was often combined with Horus the falcon-headed god of the god king bringing Sobek closer to the kings of Egypt and making him prominent in the main temples of Egypt. Amenhat III was particularly interested in the Egyptian Fayum who built important temples to promote Sobek as a powerful and strong god. The cult of Sobek dates back to the Heracleopolitic period Sobek was a prominent local deity at Sumeru a city in the Theban province After the fall of the Old Kingdom Sobek became important to the pharaohs of the New Kingdom.

This Late Period (c. 400–250 BCE) statue shows Sobek bearing the falcon head of Re-Harakhti

illustrating the fusion of Sobek and Re into Sobek-Re. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Rituals of Sobek were still held in many important cities. Sobek was a prominent local deity at Sumeru With the conquest of Upper and Lower Egypt by the Theban kings of the 11th Dynasty the cult of Sobek at Sumena emerged as an important cult during the reign of Amenemhat II Pharaoh Amenhotep III The god Sobek in human form with a crocodile head in the Egyptian alabaster limestone statue of Amenhotep III and Sobek which shows the relationship between the king and the god Sobek in human form with a crocodile head gave the symbol of life the Ankh to Amenhotep III. Amenhotep III patronized the cult of Sobek at Gebel el-Silkila as well as at Dahamsha and Armant.

Plaque with head and shoulders of a priestly figure and Sobek; 400-30 BCE; limestone height: 27.5 cm, width: 25.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

Amenhotep III established a sacred crocodile breeding center The cult of Sobek spread to 52 cities throughout Egypt by the 13th Dynasty The god Sobek a combination of powerful animal characteristics was adapted to the three gods of Horus Osiris and Isis Sobek of Shedet-re-Horus the powerful god” Horus was absorbed into Sobek the crocodile god especially in the delta and Fayum regions. According to the ancient Egyptian beliefs Sobek and his crocodile children were regarded with positive qualities Since the late period according to ancient mythology the god Sobek a god who combined the embodiment of the god Osiris was associated with the god Sobek in the afterlife not only as Horus but also as Osiris assistant. Since

the Middle Kingdom the god Sobek traveled through the watery landscape in search of Osiris and resurrected him. In the process the goddess Isis conceived Horus in the form of a dedication. In the myth of Osiris from the stone statue of the black granite stone” the god Osiris one of the most important talismans the crocodile carrying a mummy on its back is the one who collects the body for the god Osiris collecting the limbs and assembling them with the help of Anubis to resurrect Osiris from the goddess Isis The mystery of the Sobek Middle Kingdom has been explored since antiquity and during the Middle Kingdom the evolution of the Sobek crocodile appears to have resulted from a cyclical process of resurrection