Sokar (/ ˈsɛkər /; also spelled Seker, and in Greek, Sokaris or Socharis) is a hawk or falcon god of the Memphite necropolis in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was known as a patron of the living, as …

Sokar (also known as Seker, and in Greek, Sokaris or Socharis) was the Memphite god of the dead, but he was also the patron of the workers who built the necropolis, the craftsmen who made tomb …

The Gods of Ancient Egypt -- Seker Sokar (Seker) Other Names: Socharis, Seker Patron of: the Memphis necropolis and the funerary cult. Appearance: a man with the head of a hawk Description: …

Seker (also spelled Sokar, Sokaris, or Socharis), is an ancient Egyptian falcon god revered as a chthonic deity of the underworld, death, darkness, and rebirth, serving as the patron of the necropolis …

He was also known as Seker, Sokaris or Socharis and usually depicted with a mummified body and the head of a hawk.

One of the most important funerary festivals in Egypt was the festival of Sokar. It is already mentioned in the first dynasties. From later times we know that the Sokar festival took place in the month Choiak.

God of the 1st Nome Lower Egypt, Inbu-hedj, Min-nefer/ Memphis Necropolis, associated with resurrection. Memphite god of the dead. The city of Saqqara was named after him.

The name Seker also spelled as Sokar, Sokaris or Socharis in Greek. Although the meaning of the name was unclear, it derived from the word “skr” which means “cleaning the mouth”, the act of …

English: In Egyptian mythology, Seker (also spelt Sokar, and Sokaris, and in Greek, Socharis) was originally, during the Old Kingdom, the deification of the act of separating the Ba from the Ka, roughly …

Sokar is an ancient Egyptian falcon god of the Memphite necropolis and afterlife. He might originally have been associated with craftsmen.