Sokar (Egyptian deity)

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Name (Hebrew)
סקר (אל מצרי)
Name (Latin)
Sokar (Egyptian deity)
Other forms of name
Sokar (Egyptian deity)
Seker (Egyptian deity)
Sokaris (Egyptian deity)
See Also From tracing topical name
Gods, Egyptian
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q319989
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 95-138508: Graindorge-Héreil, C. Le dieu Sokar à Thèbes au Nouvel Empire, 1994.
  • Baines. Atlas of ancient Egypt, 1980:p. 217 (Sokar)
  • James. Introduction to ancient Egypt, 1979:p. 153 (Sokaris, Sokar, Seker)
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Wikipedia description:

Sokar (; also spelled Seker, and in Greek, Sokaris or Socharis) is a hawk or falcon god of the Memphite necropolis in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was known as a patron of the living, as well as a god of the resurrected dead. He is also in some accounts a solar deity as for The Temple of Sokar in Memphis.

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