Sobek

Sobek

(Deity)

Titles

The Raging Torrent

Alignment

Chaotic neutral

Areas of Concern

Crocodiles, fertility, military prowess, rivers

Edicts

Take what you want, act on your most base desires, eat luxurious food, kill demons and evil creatures

Anathema

Cower from fights, despoil the natural world, kill the innocent

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Chaos, Scalykind, Strength, War, Water

Subdomains (1E)

Blood, Ferocity, Protean, Resolve, Rivers, Saurian

Follower Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (2E)

Might, protection, water, wyrmkin

Favored Weapon

Falchion

Symbol

Green crocodile

Sacred Animal

Crocodile

Images of Sobek

Source: Empty Graves, pg(s). 74 (1E)
Gods & Magic, pg(s). 124–125 (2E)

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Sobek is a crocodile-headed deity of rivers, wetlands, militaries, and fertility among creatures and plants. Known for his violent and primal nature, he is part of the Osirian pantheon and was often worshiped in Ancient Osirion.

Depictions

Sobek is often depicted as a powerfully muscled humanoid with the head of a crocodile, wearing a plumed and horned headdress bearing a solar disk.

Relationships

A family tree of the Osirian pantheon.

Sobek is the son of Neith and Set. He prefers to act alone but will support his father in some situations, and has also stood at Ra's side on his solar barge and in battle. He desires Sekhmet, Lady of Slaughter, and often strains to woo her with his power.

Worshipers

Sobek is a god of pharaohs and their power, as well as combatants from disciplined soldiers to raging barbarians. Farmers also worship and give offerings to Sobek for his blessings of fertility.

Clergy and temples

Shrines and temples to Sobek are almost always located on a river's banks and rarely far from a river. Most include pools holding crocodiles, and worship of Sobek includes the act of regularly feeding these creatures. Upon their deaths, a temple's crocodiles are mummified and buried in the same manner, and with the same respect, as humans.

External links

• Sobek (real-world deity) on Wikipedia