Being at the Temple of Dendur is just so relaxing to me. I just love being in this room – I have so many amazing memories here with my Nonno and my sister 𓌢𓈖𓏏 who is in the picture 𓏏𓅱𓏏 with me! I could literally just sit in here for hours and just exist.
One of my favorite things as a kid was the little crocodile 𓅓𓋴𓎛𓆌 statue that’s in the “river” that goes around the temple! I always thought it was so cool! The ancient Egyptians 𓆎𓏏𓀀𓁐𓏪 both feared and worshipped crocodiles 𓅓𓋴𓎛𓆌𓏦. Sobek 𓋴𓃀𓎡𓆋, the god 𓊹 with the head of a crocodile 𓅓𓋴𓎛𓆌 was worshipped from the time of Narmer all the way through the Roman period. He was a fertility god 𓊹, associated with the annual flooding of the Nile 𓇋𓏏𓂋𓅱𓈗𓈘𓈇𓏺.
Sobek 𓋴𓃀𓎡𓆋 also represented the power and might of the pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 because crocodiles 𓅓𓋴𓎛𓆌𓏦 are incredibly strong – and were a constant threat to those living along the Nile 𓇋𓏏𓂋𓅱𓈗𓈘𓈇𓏺. Sobek 𓋴𓃀𓎡𓆋 is the son 𓅭 of the war goddess 𓊹𓏏 Neith 𓈖𓏏𓋌𓀭 and is sometimes referenced as being the son 𓅭 of Seth 𓊃𓏏𓄡𓁣. Hundreds of crocodile 𓅓𓋴𓎛𓆌 mummies have been found in Faiyum and other places in Egypt 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖, most likely as way to appease Sobek 𓋴𓃀𓎡𓆋.
Taweret 𓏏𓄿𓅩𓂋𓏏𓆗, another crocodile 𓅓𓋴𓎛𓆌 goddess 𓊹𓏏 is associated with female fertility and childbirth.