Sobek



SOBEK The Crocodile God, Lord of Arsinoe, Lord of the Waters, The Rager, Lord of the Flood, Lord of the Swamp, He Who Loves Robbery, He Who Eats While He Also Mates, The Pointed of Teeth 

Pantheon

 * Stygian Pantheon

Regions of Worship

 * Stygia

Divine Relationships

 * Set (patron)

Representation
Sobek is portrayed both as a large crocodile with a crown of power and as a man with a crocodile head. Sobek retrieved the four sons of Harakht and Hathor at the order of Set. He is a personification of evil in the Stygian world, and also symbolizes vanity, luxury and deceit.

Gender representation: male

Symbolism

 * Crocodile
 * Water

Spheres of Power

 * Vanity
 * Luxury
 * Deceit
 * Floods
 * Water

Rituals & Beliefs
Sobek is a crocodile-headed god, the lord of crocodiles, the discarded son of Set and Nephthys, set loose to play in the waters that allowed his birth. He is worshiped to placate the large reptiles that prowl the Styx, preying upon the unwary. He is worshipped in all Stygian cities that depend upon water and his largest temple is in the oasis city of Arsinoe. Here are brought hundreds of mummified crocodiles annually by those wishing the help of the crocodile god, where they are buried in the necropolis. Living crocodiles at this cult center are adorned with jewels and kept in large pools as pets.

Disloyal priests are fed to crocodiles.

Implementation IC & In-Game
Vanilla Set religion, mods have provided some interesting totems and altars that may also be used.

More Information

 * Return to the Road of Kings (Conan RPG Book)
 * Faith and Fervour (Conan RPG Book)
 * Stygia - The Serpent of the South (Conan RPG Book)