brand . pr nefrt Egypt Available in 3 sizes color. Black The god Sobek... (the crocodile deity) The god of the Nile, fertility and resurrection Name: (SBK_NTR Sobek)_(SBK_NTR) Sobek or Sobek, Greek: Sokhos Contrary to what is common, the Egyptians did not know the worship of animals Rather, they symbolized God with animals, according to what they thought of them And contemplate it in terms of its various characteristics and features Which may be similar or indicate some similarity to the attributes of God You will become a symbol for her Then they express with that symbolism a sincere expression based on Deep understanding and sound ideological representation What they want to disclose ideas and translate what they have perceptions. And some considered them to be vague beliefs, although their basis Deep search and contemplation of the Creator in the form of creatures that are essentially similar to Him In his attributes and duties... The Egyptians imagined that he was the god who created the Nile, the god of fertility and rebirth. And a symbol of power for the ruler of Egypt. Sobek was represented in the form of a human with the head of a crocodile or the form of a full crocodile, He always wore a wig with feathers on his head With the sun disk surrounded by two horns or represented by the Atef crown, He holds in both hands the wand of the "Was" and the ankh sign "ANKH". (The key to life) The symbol of life. The wooden stretcher is equipped with four arms. It is simple to install, And a measure of length so as to allow an increase in the number of priests who carry it. The mummy of the crocodile Sobek was placed on this stretcher, during holidays, It was carried on the shoulders of the priests who were walking around the temple Before placing the deity in his shrine. As for the wooden stand, it is in the form of a box consisting of boards. The stretcher carrying the mummy rests on it Plutarch says that the ancient Egyptians revered the crocodile They are not without a reasonable reason, because he is the only one of the god-like animals He has no tongue, and the words of God do not need words Then he is the only one who lives in water and has a transparent membrane extending from his forehead To cover his eyes to see and not see It is a feature of the first god, the greatest He hears and does not hear And this is what is unique to the greatest God who sees Him filling the heavens and the earth which they call the hidden (Amon) P crocodile in Egyptian theology It is nothing but a symbol in which they see the attributes and power of the Creator God They believe in one God and glorify Him in the symbols that indicate Him It bears some of its characteristics and qualities. As for the female crocodile, wherever she lays her eggs, this place is already known It is the limit of the Nile's height at its maximum height at the time of the flood in this year She cannot lay her eggs in water You are also afraid to put it out of the water In the eyes of the Egyptians who contemplated this, this is an accurate realization of the future And Pliny, the author of the natural history book, said that this is due A prediction instinct that reveals the future crocodile The future revealed an attribute of God And in the Book of Death, the Pharaoh is the crocodile that, if he catches something, does not let it go Then it is Osiris fertilized by Isis It is the symbol of the shining sun that dominates the universe, which is armed with strength and light to expel the darkness Every deceased wishes to become Sobek And when Sobek dies, he becomes Osiris, and he is the one who helped Isis In collecting the remains of Osiris and associated with the cult of Amun and Horus. Sobek the green feather crowned with the white crown The son of Ra, the great fish, ruler of one riverbed without a companion Ruler of the edge of the desert, lord of the state, great and dignified, the most powerful, the ruler of Thebes... The names of the kings associated with the god Sobek: And when it gained special importance during the era of the Middle Kingdom, Where he entered into the structures of the names of some of its kings, such as (Sobek; Sobek Hotep); This is due to the move of the capital to Itt-tawi (Lisht), and the growing interest in Fayoum, Which is one of the most important places of worship and reverence for the crocodile in ancient Egypt. The booths of Sobek worship were spread in many places. However, the two most important centers of his worship were within the region Old Shaddat (now the city of Fayoum), Which was the seat of the kings of the twelfth and thirteenth dynasties... 1. The first place of worship in Fayoum: in the city of "shedyet" Where the crocodile city was called "crocodilpolis", It has the oldest known surviving building belonging to the god Sobek. It was created during the Twelfth Dynasty (1985-1795 BC) It was restored during the reign of King Ramses II (1279-1213 BC). This building flourished in the late Middle Kingdom When a number of rulers of the Thirteenth Dynasty (1795-1650 BC) took Their names are associated with the god Sobek, such as Sobekhotep (the birth name of eight kings of the Thirteenth Dynasty), And "Sobeknefer" (which is the name of the last king of the Twelfth Dynasty). Where the worship of Sobek in the Middle Kingdom became similar in its greatness To worship the god Amun. Al-Tasmah was also worshiped in the form of "Sobek Ra" as one of the manifestations of the sun god. The second center of his worship was in "Kom Ombo", which means (the hill of gold): The Kom Ombo temple was built on the ruins of an ancient temple that had the name (Br-Sobek). Or the house of Sobek, during the reign of King Thutmose III and Queen Hatshepsut from the eighteenth dynasty And work began in the current temple since the reign of King Ptolemy V (Epiphanes) 205 - 180 BC And he built some of the early buildings of King Ptolemy VI (Philopater). 180 - 145 BC The temple was advanced in the era of King Ptolemy VIII (Juergentes II) 169-116 BC It was built up to the hall of columns Except for the inscriptions during the reign of Emperor Tiburius (14-37 AD). Then Emperor Domitian (81-96 AD) made additions to it until his name appears on the cartridge It bears the title of Germanicus and work continued in this temple Until the reign of the emperors Caracalla, Geta and Macrinus, that is, to the year 218 AD Accordingly, the Kom Ombo Temple took approximately nearly three years to build About four hundred years ago. The Ptolemies built this temple to worship the two gods Sobek and Horus the Great who merged into their own trinity The first trinity consists of The god Sobek (the crocodile), his wife, the goddess Hathor, and the daughter of the god Khonsu - Hor. The Greek myth of the god Sobek "Sochos": As for the Ptolemaic legend... Through the emerging conflict between Horus and Set The legend is told