let the guy live – fair

kekmetic:

Another interesting Sobek tidbit from a book I’m currently reading: ‘Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods’ by Dimitri Meeks.

“Sobek, the crocodile, surprised a band of enemies and massacred them. A victim of his natural inclinations, he unhesitatingly devoured them all; but he carried their heads back home with him as proof of his exploit. The gods rushed toward him, shouting, “Prevent him from eating them (the heads), give him bread!” One can imagine the expression on poor Sobek’s face. This god was not particularly successful at keeping his predilection for meaty dishes under control and was sometimes overwhelmed by sudden cravings.

When the dismembered Osiris was cast into the Nile, Sobek yeilded to temptation and gulped down part of his body. He was subsequently punished for his lapse, due to his boundless voracity more than to a desire to do harm to the body of his fellow god: he had his tongue cut out. That, so the story goes, is why crocodiles do not have tongues.“

Poor Croc Dad getting called tf out right now!