EGYPTIAN TOURISM FOR ALL: The god crocodile Sobek

CROCODILE SOBEK

The Crocodile God, enshrined in the texts of the pyramids as the son of the goddess Neith of the ancient egyptians who believed that Sobek had been emerged from the waters of chaos during the creation of the world, so we called the lord of the sacred waters ,everyone was afraid of his greed and dangerous attacks ,but Sobek was too of a good character because ended he could get rid of many enemies living in the aquatic environments, it was believed as the creator of the Nile, which would have arisen from his sweat was also the god of fertility, vegetation and represented life.This god crocodile shaped like a man with head of crocodile, Sobek was a great assistant to Horus in his conflict with Seth, helped to destroy Seth and saved the four sons of Horus of the water

His cult starts from the first Egyptian dynasties. On the evil is portrayed as a demon of the Beyond, for which the ancient Egyptians gave fear cult to prevent evil, in the myth of Osiris is true that helped the evil Seth Sobek against Horus because he gave his shape of a crocodile to Seth to escape from Horus, but Sobek assisted in the birth of Horus. His residence was located east of Mount Baju, so was called "Lord of Baju" also has a temple there. Was related to the North cardinal point. .

SOBEK Sobek had many temples throughout Egypt, from time to time a union was between Sobek and Ra with the the sun disc above its head. In the sanctuary of El Fayum they had a live sacred crocodile, as the incarnation of the god Sobek and that maintained in the pond of the temple with gold bracelets and necklaces. According to references to historians as Strabo says the crocodile was fed with bread, meat and wine, food offered by the pilgrims who came to the temple to watch him. A priest was brought to the animal and opened his mouth while another gave the gifts .. Sobekhotep Pharaoh took his name, which means "Sobek is satisfied" although the first to be placed under its protection was the queen Sobeknefrure. Another was Sobekemsaf ("Sobek is his Protection"). The cult of Sobek was centered in the Fayum, was widespread, especially in areas where dependence on water