In Egyptian mythology, Sobek is the crocodile-headed god associated with the Nile and pharaonic power.
Sobek was usually portrayed either as a Nile crocodile or as a human figure with a crocodile head. His connection with the river reflected both its life-giving fertility and its dangers. Egyptians associated him with protection, military strength, virility, and the authority of the king, so his fierce animal form had both threatening and protective meanings.
Sobek was worshipped especially in the Faiyum, including the city of Crocodilopolis, and at Kom Ombo in Upper Egypt. During the Middle Kingdom, particularly under the Twelfth Dynasty, his importance grew through royal building projects and his association with Horus, the god of kingship. Later traditions also fused him with the sun god Ra as Sobek-Ra.
Set is a storm and violence deity, Khnum is a ram-headed creator associated with the Nile’s source, and Hapi personifies the annual Nile inundation. They may share river or royal associations, but none matches the crocodile-headed god described here.