The gods of ancient Egypt are a list and description. Why the ancient Egyptian god seboard had a crocodile head

The temple in the Communist Party was built at Ptolemia from 180 to 47. BC, however, maybe he has more ancient roots. The temple on the right bank of the Nile is 40 kilometers north of Aswan. Usually tourists are visited, who are necessarily stopping here, traveling through the Nile on the motor ship.

Sebek - God, depicted from a crocodile head, is considered the God-creator and defender from evil forces. His wife (one of the versions) is considered Hathor - the goddess of love and beauty, and the son of Honsu is the God of the Moon and Wisdom. True, Hathor is considered to be his wife. The main place to worship Sebeck is the Fayum Lake in the north of Egypt, where the city of Crocodipol was located, but almost nothing left, except for several thousand crocodiles mummies. Therefore, Sela's Temple, and even in Upper Egypt, it is the only one, and therefore unique.

However, the uniqueness of the Church of the Community does not end on this, this is a double temple, the right side of which is devoted to God by the mountain, that is, the God of the Sun and Heaven, one of the main gods in the Egyptian Pantheon. As in the case of Secko, the place in the temple was also in his wife, and his son. According to some myths of mountains and Sebek - brothers, which explains such a refill of the temple.

After the construction of the Temple about him, almost nothing is known, after distributing in Egypt of Christianity, it was used as soon as possible, but then he was finally abandoned. Since the temple was located near the Nile, the river during the spill destroyed the gate of the temple and part of the facade. And in 1893 he accidentally discovered the French archaeologist, the temple was on the roof of sand.

On the other hand, the temple is still a decent size of Barhan

To the right, the remains of the gate

In the foreground, everything left from Pilon

Just in case I give you a drawing of a temple plan

Only base columns remained from the courtyard with columns around the perimeter

Entrance to the temple, as can be seen, double - on the left for sebe, to the right for the mountain

As can be seen in terms of the first photo of the facade of the Temple - the temple is quite destroyed enough, for Egypt, it is quite bad safety, although the central halls, losing the roof, is still more or less preserved. But that preserved exactly good - these are drawings and images on the walls, some cut out yesterday.

Entrance to the part of the Sebelae Temple

Corner of the mountain

Seb

The main part of the inscriptions on the walls tells about the gods, and in some parts there is a listing of what the sanctuary was donated

Corridor on the right

Hypostyle hall

To the left of the image of the goddess Sekhmet is a calendar, only a small piece came to the frame, and so there is a whole wall

The calendar

In some parts of the crave, mainly ceiling beams, traces of the original color painting remained

Lobby in front of the altar

View from the end of the temple

At the end of the temple were, as I understand it, two altar stones. Only one preserved to this day. It is located in the part of Sebori

At the very end of the temple there is a number small premisesclosed with iron grille, but you can look back there

As it should be the Egyptian temples, they cut the wall on the outer perimeter, the reliefs are well preserved on the walls of the temple

Passion to the left

Passage for the temple

Star. Similar combings in pyramids for 2.5 thousand years before the construction of this temple

Pass on the right of the temple

To the left of the main rear of the temple and some excavations are actively underway for the temple, but if you cannot like the temple on the hill, you can on the site on the left. There is a small sebel temple (ruins), as well as two nimomera.

The nomometers played an important function in the life of the ancient Egyptians, firstly, the deep pit clearly showed the level of water in the river, and secondly, based on this taxes - drought - less, spill - more.

Another nomometer seemed to have the entrance to the complex

The appointment of these structures (steps) and a small house behind him is unknown, some believe that this is a source of water, others believe that sacred animals lived here, that is, crocodiles.

Temple, view of the left

To the right of the temple, the head of the Emperor's head of the Roman emperor Mark Aurelia and a statue without a head was found.

Mini Temple Hathor

View on the temple on the right

From interesting drawings to the temple, you can mark the image of surgical instruments, but I, unfortunately, did not pay attention to them

But this beast got into my collection of interesting images - a mixture of bee, cats and goats

The photo shows that several police and caretakers are on duty in the temple. But that rare caseWhen specifically, they didn't try to drive their guide services.

Like all other objects in Egypt, the temple is open before sunset. The price of a ticket is 80 Egyptian pounds, for students of 40 pounds. The price of the ticket includes the Museum of Sobet, this is a small hall, where the mummy crocodiles and a number of ritual accessories are exhibited. The price of shooting here is 50 pounds, but no one is especially watching.

In the new kingdom, the residence of totem animals in the temples was frequent tradition. In the case of crocodiles, they lived with the temples all their lives, they cared for them and fed well, and when they died, they were mummified and buried. Crocodiles from this museum were found in the Hathor Temple with the main temple, as well as in the eL-SHATB necropolis nearby

Bronze statuette of Sebeca

Mummification devices crocodiles

Mummy crocodiles

Mummy crocodiles - layout

Crocodile eggs

Crowds of merchants await the crowds of merchants with tourists. I was actively trying to dilute me. He offered a T-shirt for 5 pounds (30 cents), the price is excellent, thought to gain, said, what size is needed and gone to watch the temple. At the exit, the seller was waiting for me, only now he wanted 200 pounds for Mike (12 dollars). And about 5 pounds, he confessed that the type of British pounds. Such a divorce for spaces in the hope that, like, I will appreciate his efforts and buy anyway. As a result, the last price he offered me was, in my opinion - 80 pounds - 5 dollars. You can buy if you need it, but I was not needed.

Cruise ship moored by the shore

Embankment in front of the temple

If you stop in Aswan, then I recommend a small hotel in Nubian style to stay.

In the ancient Egyptian mythology, the God of Sebebe is a special place - the Lord of the Water Element, the God of Water, on which the spill of the Nile depends. His zoomorphic form was a crocodile. There were 2 forms of its images: with a crocodile head and a human body, or vice versa - from a man's head and a crocodile body. On hieroglyphs, he was depicted lying on the honorary pedestal. In terms of pronunciation of his name, there are also 2 options: dogs and sebek.

Crocodiles were considered a avatar of God's God. For this, the Egyptians massively caught crocodiles, chose the best, recognized him with the embodiment of the deity and decorated the paws of the reptile bracelets, and the ears of earrings. To do this, silver and gold jewelry and jewels were chosen. There were cases when several crocodiles were chosen for worship. However, the Egyptians were most often expected by the natural death of one crocodile, in order to again choose the avatar of God among young reptiles. The deceased crocodile was thoroughly mummified.

Next to Kiman-Faris (crocodylopolem) discovered more than 2 thousand mums of these sacred reptiles. If you calculate mathematically, taking the life of a conventional crocodile as a basis (which often was more than a person's life time), then it can be assumed that the tradition of choosing and worshiping crocodiles-priests has about 20 thousand years. This can all testify to the high twist of this deity in the Egyptian society.

In ancient Egyptian mythology, there is information about the worship of the crocodile Petsukhos as a real embodiment of the God of Sebeka. Egyptians believed that he was inhabited in the lake, which was adjacent to the main sanctuary of the Divine. From this lake, they drank water to gain magical patronage and protection against seboil, as well as crocodile Petsukhos crocodile with different delicacies.

Good deity

Despite the frightening avatar of the crocodile, Sebek himself in the views of the Egyptians was not evil or even cruel. This can be judged at least on the basis that he:

• granted life;
• watched the spills of the Nile;
• brought a good harvest;
• provided the life of all river creatures.

For Sek, fishermen were treated in their prayers, as well as hunters who were hunted in the reeds. He was asked for assistance in the transportation of dead souls to the paratroopers of God Osiris.

There are separate evidence that it was even treated for predictor. And unlike other ancient Egyptian gods, he receives the title attentive and listening to God's prayers.

Origin versions

Among the Egyptologists and other scientists there is no consensus relative to the origin of Sebe. According to one version of his (as well as other primary gods), the God of RA gave birth. According to the second version of his (as well as the God's Himself), GEB and NUT were spawned. There is also another version that he is the son of Nate, which was revered as the great mother of other gods, the lady of war and hunting, water and marine elements, the mother of the horrific snake of the apota. At the same time, nothing is known about Sebeca's wife. This may testify to the secrecy and tricks in the ideas of the ancient Egyptians.

Inventor of fishing nets

According to one surviving legend, egyptian God RA somehow tried to find two sons of God the Mountain - Ambet and Happy. They hid from RA in Nile. The God himself could not find these two sons of the mountain, and therefore he instructed to find his own great-great-grandfathers. He began to sift Il Nile through his fingers. So he found Amuses and Hapi. And thus the idea of \u200b\u200bfishing networks arose.

There are other episodes when RA commissioned Sebeke to find something in Nile. So, once Sebek went to search for the chopped hands of God the Mountain, which were thrown into the Nile. Hands lived in themselves and it was very difficult to catch them. But Sebeke managed after pursuit them as a fisherman to endure and return Ra. God Ra made the second pair, which as a relic was on storage in the city of Nehen.

Sebec and his worship

The Egyptians are not only the mummification of crocodiles. This is evidenced by some facts:

• his name constantly pops up in the founded ancient Egyptian correspondence;
• archaeologists find individual papyrus devoted to chanting individual items Sebieca (for example, 12 anthem only its crown in one of the papyrus);
• sebiec had a crown, which indicates a high role in the divine hierarchy;
• the statues on which Sebek on the back brings the Mummy Osiris, and on the legend the missing Children's Original Osiris ate a certain crocodile (which indicates a large role of Sebeca in the life of Osiris);
• simbore Egyptians often attached magic and healing properties;
• the people believed that the more crocodiles on the shores of the Nile, the better the spill and harvest would be;
• throughout the II of the Millennium BC, Pharaohs often called themselves Sebhekhotep, which is literally translated as "Sebec is pleased."

Sebec and Water Element

Sebieca called those who force the greens to grow on the water shores. The main agricultural resources were on the banks of the Nile. And it is not surprising that him, like the Lord of Waters, worshiped and built numerous sanctors. So there was a city crocodylopol (which is literally translated as the city of crocodile). There are also a lot of variations of the names of God Sebori: Pneferos (perfect), Soknebtunis (Lordbtunis); SOFNOPAIOS (Lord of the island) and others are also known many aquatic religious rites associated with God Segiec. So, in early July, the ancient Egyptian priests threw the wax figures of crocodiles into the river. People believed that thanks to the magic of figures, they came to the shore in the form of live reptiles, which foreshadowed and fertility.

The insatiability of SEBIA

With God Segoely connected and legends about his insatiability. According to one story, he alone attacked the enemy horde and lived it devoured. After that, Sebec's filter heads demonstrated to other gods, threatening and im. Then other gods were offered to bring him a lot of bread to quench his endless hunger. According to another story, Seth killed Osiris, dismembered his body, and slices threw in the Nile. Then Sebeck wanted to shit pieces of the body and rushed into the Nile. For this incoming behavior, other gods cut off sequeous language as a punishment. For this reason, crocodiles do not have a language.

There is also a mythological version of the shelter of the evil God of Seta in the body of Sebeka to avoid retaliation for the murder of God Osiris.

Temple com-ombo

The Kom-Mesbo Temple is one of the most important evidence of the reverence of God's God in ancient Egypt. It is located near Aswan and is dedicated to two gods at once: Mountain and Sebeka. It is very original from the point of view of architecture, because The goal was to please the two great gods at once, while retaining typical architectural canons (sanctuary, courtyard, pylon, lunchroom). In the temple, all parts doubled, but the feeling of unity was preserved at the expense outdoor Wall Temple. Also in parallel, two shrines were located in both gods: in the north - Mountain, in the south - Sea. By the way, this is another fact in confirming the importance of Sebeca - the South of Egyptians was more important than the North. Sebek was depicted on the walls of the temple surrounded by his family.

Killing a sacred crocodile in the name of love

In special cases, men sought to prove their love beloved through the murder of the most dangerous and strong crocodile. It was considered a feat. But at the same time it was allowed to kill the sacred animal only in the name of love.

The healing statues of God the Mountain standing on crocodiles

The ancient Egyptians often appealed for help to special statues, on which the god of the mountains stood on crocodiles and kept snakes in the hands. The Egyptians believed that spell-carved spells capable of providing a person with magical power from snake bites and scorpions. For such protection, you just need to pour this statue with water, then collect this water and drink. It was believed that magic force From text goes to water through a stone. For this reason, the Egyptians everywhere did stone amulets of miniature sizes everywhere in order to ensure their magic defense.

Crocodiles and Egyptian mythology

Egyptian mythology could not pass by such an animal as a Niel crocodile. This is a major reptile, reaching a length of 6 meters, the weight of the biggest individuals exceeds the ton.

Nili crocodile caused a sacred thrill in the ancient Egyptians - all their life was associated with the Nile, and the crocodiles were real owners of the river. One blow of a mighty tail Hungry crocodile could overturn fishing boat. and drag under the water of the unlucky fisherman.

And on land, near the water and swamps, it was impossible to feel safe - crocodiles, including Nile, may even run a kind of gallop, showing amazing superstitiousness for such, at first glance, vaguely outside the water of animals.

Scary jaws with huge teeth, wash off with a huge force, break the bones of large animals and split the shells of turtles. Interestingly, the teeth in crocodiles are changing during the life many times - new and sharp grow on the shift.

The crocodile can do without food for a very long time - up to a year, no mammal can compare with it. And one more feature - crocodiles do not have a language in the usual understanding - his tongue is splaspling along the lower jaw and tightly stuck to it.

That is, in contrast to a number of animals endowed with a lot of fantastic features, crocodiles have such real existing qualities and properties that simply could not but make them important characters of Egyptian myths, starting with ancient times.

First mentions about Sebek

Egyptian god with a crocodile head worshiped from ancient times.

In the Communion Church of Selaka is unique in that it is part of the Dubl-Temple, built in the Greek-Roman era. The northern part is devoted to the triad of the gods led by the mountain (mountains, Tassentefret and their son Panebtavi), and the South Triad of the Gods led by the Crocodil's God (Sebec, Hathor and their son Honsu).

In addition to these large temples throughout Egypt, there were numerous shrines and smaller temples on the Egyptian god of water. Among them should be noted the temples in Gebell El Cilsile and Gebeline.

Dual attitude to crocodiles

Greek writer Herodotus noted that crocodiles in some parts of Egypt were worshiped as sacred animals. The temple complexes dedicated to God crocodile included special pools in which sacred reptiles lived.

Their heads decorated earrings, and paws - bracelets with precious stones. After the death of their body, mumfied and buried at a special cemetery (such a cemetery was found in the MEOM).

However, in Egypt there were areas where the crocodiles were hunted and killed.

Such polarity found its explanation and reflection in myths. The Egyptian God of Sebec in them is very multifaceted and ambiguous. It can merge with amon Amona or sunny God RA, sometimes in the form of the God of Sebere-RA, can act as the hyposta of God Khnuma or Osiris, and can assimilate with the image of the seta - the worst enemy Osiris and Mountain.

In other myths, Sebec divides the title "King Egypt" title and assists him (in particular, finds him in the waters of the Nile and brings his hands, sliced \u200b\u200bfrom the Mountain in a rush of anger of his mother Isida, who then herside himself with the help of magic returns to place) .

Mythological consciousness does not obey the laws formal logic And in the fact that the same God can be both kind and evil, there is no contradiction for him.

Sebek - Patron Pharaohs

When the pharaohs of the XII dynasty, who originated from Fayum, began to edit the middle kingdom in Egypt, which came from Fayum, Sebec began to be honored as a patron of pharaohs.

The legendary Pharaoh woman from this dynasty wore the name of Sebnepler - "Sebec Beautiful" (approx. 1790-1786 BC). Its pyramid complex, built in Mazgune (4 km south of Dashura), is one of the last pyramids erected in Egypt.

The tradition of incorporating the name of the Sobet in its names was continued by the pharaons of the XIII dynasty, many of whom the named Sebhekhotep - Sebeci satly (Sebhekhotep I, II, III, IV, V).

Some pharaohs of the XVII dynasty (OK.1650 - 1567 BC) also used similar names - Sebebemsaf I and Sebehemsaf II. The inclusion of the name of God in the composition of Pharaoh speaks of the enormous importance of Cultie's cult in that period.

With the onset of the period of the new kingdom, the Egyptian pharaohs are no longer carrying the name of the crocodile. However, the statue depicting relatively small in size than the ninth pharaoh of the XVIII Amenhota dynasty III (approx. 1402 - 1364 BC) and a significantly larger sebacing sitting next to him (is now in the Luxor Museum), says that God-crocodile and during this period did not lose its functions of a patron and defender of the Egyptian pharaohs. The same features have been preserved in almost the end of the era of the pharaohs, including the kings-pharaohs of the Greco-Roman period.

Related ties of the crocodile god

If the mother of Sebeca was considered to be neut, then with the rest related connections more and more difficult. The wife of the crocodile god could be Hathor, sometimes the goddess of the yield reentenet.

His son from the goddess Hathor in the triad com Mesbo was the god Honsu, and in the Fayum Oasis from the married union with the son of his son the god of the mountains.

In a number of myths, Mountains itself acts in the image of the crocodile during searches in the nile parts of the body of his father Osiris, insidiously killed and dissected with a brutal set.

Why does crocodiles do not have a language?

And the Egyptian myths give their answer to this question.

When Seth killed and cut Osiris, he scattered part of the body of his killed brother around Egypt, and his phallus threw Nile in the water.

Sebek, despite the repeated warnings of the gods not to use meat into food, neglected by these words and, seeing the phallus, swallowed it.

Although he did not know at that moment who belonged to this part of the body, the punishment of the gods was cruel - Sebo was cut off the tongue.

That is why, how did the Egyptians believed, the crocodiles do not have a language.

Egyptian god with crocodile head

Since many mythological images are connected with Segoec, then its images differ significantly.

Traditionally, Sebeci was depicted as a man with a crocodile head, with a headdress, which includes a Disk of the Sun with high feathers, urea (sometimes two), often the horn of a furious form.

A characteristic of such an image of the crocodile god is the presence of a trilateral wig.

A little less often, the crown-athef is depicted as a headdress (high bowliform crown with two feathers on the sides) or the combined Crown of the Upper and Lower Egypt.

The Egyptian god of water could be depicted in zoomorphic form - in the form of a crocodile with a similar headdress.

In the image of the companion, the crocodile is depicted in the form of a crocodile with a sunny disk and ureame on the head.

As a mountain could be depicted in the form of a crocodile with a falcon head.

In addition, the Egyptian God Sebec could be depicted with a head of a ram, a lion or a bull.

Protective amulets in the form of crocodile were widespread in Egypt not only among the nobility, but also from ordinary people.

In the Greco Roman period, solar aspects in Sebek were so significant that the Greeks often identified him with Helios - greek God Sun.

Dehydritation of animals and the forces of nature - common feature all ancient civilizations, but some cults are produced on modern man A particularly strong impression. In the era of Pharaoh Ancient Egypt The role of sacred animals was given hardly by the most repulsive and terrible creatures on the planet - Nile crocodiles.

Sebek - God-crocodile, the rule of Nile

The role of the Nile in the development of the culture of ancient Egypt is impossible to overestimate - this river determined the very existence of the peoples that settled on its shores. Stretching nearly seven thousand kilometers from the south to the north, Neil Fed Egyptians, the river spills provided good yields On the fields adjacent to the river, and the absence of spills ordered people for hunger. Since the time of Pharaohs, there were special facilities - nomar, whose appointment consisted in determining the level of the river to predict the nearest harvest.

It is not surprising, therefore, the desire to earn the location of such powerful forces, giving a special ritual nature of interaction with the permanent resident of the Nile and to some extent its master is a crocodile. According to the behavior and movement of these animals, the Egyptians, among other things, determined the arrival of floods.

The God of Sebeck (or Sobets), who was portrayed as a man with a crocodile head, one of the oldest and most important gods of the Egyptian Pantheon. He was recognized as not only the ruler of the Nile and the master of his spills, giving fertility and abundance, but also by the Divine, personifying time, eternity. Sebeca with a crocodile head and in the lush crown.

City of Gadov

Especially Brightly, the cult of Sebeka manifested itself in crocodylopole, or the city of the reptile, which was south-west of the ancient capital of Egypt Memphis. The name "Crocodilopol" was given by the settlement of the Greeks, who came to these lands in the 4th century BC with Alexander Macedonian. The Egyptians themselves called this city seditis.

Located in an oasis of fire, a wide valley, famous for his fertility throughout the ancient Egypt, at Lake Merida, seditis became the place of honor of the God of Sebeka and his living incarnations - crocodiles.

In the 19th century BC, Pharaoh XII Dynasty Amenheth III built for himself a pyramid near the city of Sedit. A labyrinth was adjacent to the pyramid - the sacred structure, a temple complex, where the son of Sobet - Petsukhos dwells. To whom the crocodiles are honored to become divine offspring, priests were determined - according to the rules that are currently unknown. Crocodile lived in a labyrinte where, in addition to the pond and sand there were many rooms located on different levels - According to ancient sources, in particular, according to Herodota's stories, the number of rooms allegedly reached several thousand. The estimated area of \u200b\u200bthe rooms and the transitions of the labyrinth reached 70 thousand square meters.

Crocodile ministry

The priests were brought by Petsukhos as food meat, bread with honey, wine, and the one who accidentally had to become a victim of the crocodile grazing, he himself acquired the divine status, his remains were embarrassed and placed in the Sacred Tomb. To drink water from the pond in which such a crocodile lived, was considered a great success and ensured the patronage of the deity.

After the death of "Son Selya" his body was mummy and buried nearby. A total of several thousands of such mummies were discovered, in particular, on the Kom el-Breigat cemetery. The new embodiment of God was the crocodile, chosen all the same priests.

Recessed to our time information about the cult of crocodiles in the post is extremely scarce and are based, as a rule, in the notes visiting Greeks here. Ancient scientist Strabo, who visited Egypt in the first century BC, left such memories:
« Our owner, one of officialswho devoted us there in the Mystery, came along with us to the lake, capturing some kind of cake from lunch, fried meat and a jug with wine mixed with honey. We found the crocodile lying on the shore of the lake. When the priests approached the animal, then one of them opened it to fall, and the other stuck a cake there, then meat, and then poured the honey mixture. Then the animal jumped into the lake and swam on the other side. But when another alien approached, I also carry off the offering from the feet of fruits, the priests took the gift from him; Then they headed around the lake and, finding a crocodile, similarly gave the animal to the animal».

At Ptolemye II, KrokodylOhlopol was renamed Arsino - in honor of the spouse of the ruler.
El Fayum is one of the least studied archaeologists of Egypt regions, so it is quite possible that additional arguments confirming or refutable legends about the crocodylopole labyrinth will be obtained in the foreseeable future.

Nevertheless, the cult of God-crocodile sebok can be traced in other areas of Ancient Egypt - in particular, in the Com-Maombo, the city, which was used earlier than the name of Nubet, is the temple dedicated to Sebeke, where since 2012 a demonstration of mummies of crocodiles has been opened in it From the nearby burials.

Meeting with a sacred crocodile - a bright fragment of the work of I. Efremova "Tais Athens" - about.

Sebek is the God of aqueous puchin, the personification of the spill of the Nile. Required in the crocodile image. One of the oldest gods of Ancient Egypt, most often portrayed in the form of a man with a crocodile head. There are also reverse options for its image - crocodile with human head. In the hieroglyphic record, the sebeka image is represented in the form of a crocodile lying on the honorary pedestal, like the Anubis portrayed the dog on the pedestal. Single option proponunciation No, the two names received the greatest distribution: Sebec and Sobets.
He prayed and fishermen, and hunters leading their fishery in reed thickets. He was asked to assimilate the souls of the dead on their way to the panels of Osiris. Records in which a certain man appeals to Sebe, as to Oracle, appeals and asks to report whether he would belong to some kind of woman. Obviously, Sebek, according to the ancient Egyptians, had an impact on very many human life. Moreover, in one of the praising hymns, he honors the title "listening to prayers", which is not observed for any of the other gods of the ancient Egypt.

The origin of sebacing foggy. There are two main versions (by the number of known sources). The first: Sebieca created or gave birth to RA, like other gods of the first generation. Second: Sebeca, like RA, and all others, gave rise to the primary ocean NUN. There are also historical evidence, calling him the son of Nate, but there are very few such sources. And it's not very known anything about whether he had a wife. Here is such a mysterious God, reminding his housings of a cunning counterintelligence officer in the service of the Republic of Armenia, but enjoying sympathy from mortals, which is also talking about the widespread spread of miniature amulets.

If in ancient Egypt and there was an animal worthy of entering the Pantheon, then it is undoubtedly a crocodile. Under the name of Sebek, he quickly became very revered, formidable and confidential deity. The Egyptians believed that this reptile was created one of the first. Until recently, it was abundant in the swamps of the delta and on the shores of the Nile.
The best of famous sebel images were found in KOM-MEOM. These expressive portraits depict a fierce God, sometimes becoming the victim of their own inspiration. However, Sebec was not only a formidable, but also a very distinguished God of the Egyptian Pantheon. Sebek can accept the crocodile or a man with a crocodile head. Of course, his image was attributed to magical properties.

Most often, Egyptian artists depicted it in a sunny crown, consisting of two feathers, a sun disk, resting on two horizontal horns, and two custody-ureys. This unusual crown was worn by two gods: Sebec and Tatenne. Also Sebec could be depicted in the corona atheth; This attribute was considered honorable, because he belonged to Osiris himself.