Sokar (Egyptian deity)
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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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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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