The Egyptian god of the Nile was Sobek, depicted as a man with the head of a crocodile. He was considered to be connected with the Nile, he was also the god of fertility, military prowess and pharaonic power. Sobek himself was thought to be the protector of the pharaoh and in his honour many crocodiles were kept in pools at temples that were built to honour him. According to some beliefs (Veronica Ions, Egyptian mythology) Sobek was considered to be violent, hyper-sexual and erratic deity who was prone to his primal whims. He was primarily agressive and animalistic deity who owes his vicious reputation to the large and violent Nile crocodile. Although he had a bad reputation as someone who 'loves robery', and the one who 'eats while also mates', he was also represented as a god who displays grand benevolence in various myths. He …show more content…
Bastet was, presumably, the daughter of the god Ra and in her honour many statues of cats were made since her characteristic symbol was cat. What her name means remains a mystery, but there were many suggestions, one of which was by Stephen Quirke (''Ancient Egyptian religion'') who suggested that her name means 'she of the oinment jar', which makes sense, since her name was written with the hieroglyph 'oinment jar' and she was assosiated with protective oinments too. Egyptians believed that she was the goddess of protection against various diseases and evil sprits, so she became known as 'the eye of Ra'. The varous deities, gods and goddesses may be one of the reasons why the Egyptian culture can be considered very diverse, beautiful and intriguing, but the origins of those deities can certainly be found in varous myths, starting from those that refer to the creation of the world to those refering to particular deities and their