Sobek: Crocodile God of the Nile (Gods of Egypt, Myth and Mystery, #12)
By AJ Carmichael
Length7h 3m
About this audiobook
Sobek: Crocodile God of the Nile plunges into the raw, untamed heart of ancient Egypt, where survival depended on forces no one could control. Emerging from the shadowed waters of the Nile, Sobek was not a distant deity of abstraction, but a living presence—feared, respected, and deeply woven into the rhythms of life and death. This book reveals the crocodile god as he truly was: a being of immense power, embodying both destruction and fertility, terror and protection, chaos and renewal. Through archaeology, ancient texts, and the landscapes that shaped belief, Sobek rises as a god of kingship, strength, and primal force—one who stood at the boundary between safety and danger, and who ruled the most unpredictable element of Egyptian existence. This is not just the story of a god, but of a civilization that learned to live with power, to negotiate with it, and ultimately to sanctify it.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length7 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
2CHAPTER 1 – UNEARTHING SOBEK, ARCHAEOLOGY AND TEXTS
3CHAPTER 2 – THE NILE’S PREDATOR, THE NILE’S GUARDIAN
4CHAPTER 3 – SOBEK’S EARLIEST MYTHIC IDENTITY
5CHAPTER 4 – FAYUM, KINGDOM OF SOBEK AND THE CROCODILES
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6CHAPTER 5 – KOM OMBO, THE DOUBLE TEMPLE AND THE DUALITY OF SOBEK
7CHAPTER 6 – SOBEK-RA, CROCODILE OF THE SUN AND REGENERATION
8CHAPTER 7 – PHARAOH AND CROCODILE, VITALITY, AND STATE POWER
9CHAPTER 8 – AGRICULTURE, WATER, AND THE CROCODILE’S BLESSING
10CHAPTER 9 – SOBEK IN FUNERARY THOUGHT AND PROTECTIVE MAGIC
11CHAPTER 10 – LATE SURVIVAL AND LEGACY, FROM PHARAOHS TO ROME
12About the Author
13About the Publisher
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