<Tr> <Th> Parents </Th> <Td> Set / Khnum and Neith </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Siblings </Th> <Td> Apep, Ra, Thoth, Serket, Hathor </Td> </Tr> <P> Sobek (also called Sebek, Sochet, Sobk, and Sobki), in Greek, Suchos (Σοῦχος) and from Latin Suchus, was an ancient Egyptian deity with a complex and fluid nature . He is associated with the Nile crocodile or the West African crocodile and is either represented in its form or as a human with a crocodile head . Sobek was also associated with pharaonic power, fertility, and military prowess, but served additionally as a protective deity with apotropaic qualities, invoked particularly for protection against the dangers presented by the Nile river . </P> <P> Sobek enjoyed a longstanding presence in the ancient Egyptian pantheon, from the Old Kingdom (c. 2686--2181 BCE) through the Roman period (c. 30 BCE--350 CE). He is first known from several different Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom, particularly from spell PT 317 . The spell, which praises the pharaoh as living incarnation of the crocodile god, reads: </P>

What egyptian god has the head of a crocodile