Suchus

Suchus
Nomen Aegyptium
Hieroglyphica
Translitteratio	śbk

Suchus (Graece Σοῦχος) fuit deus Aegyptius, ingenii multiplicis et fluidi. Qui Thebis, Ombis, et praesertim apud Moeridis lacum (praecipue Crocodilopoli) colebatur. Cum Crocodilo Nilotico consociatus, vir facie crocodili capiteque pennato depingitur, et σοῦχος per metonymiam crocodilum indicat. Etiam cum potestate pharaonica, fertilitate, et virtute militare consociatur, ac proprietates apotropaicas habet, quae praesertim homines contra pericula Nili protegere traduntur.

Suchus, toreuma in templo Ombis sito.

Statua Suchi in mortuario pharaonis Amenemhet III templo.

Crocodilus. Ars Regni Medii (domus 12). Monaci: Museum Civicum Artis Aegyptiae.

Suchus, ex Neith dea natus, fecunditatem Nili, auctoritatem Pharaonum repraesentabat. Postea cum Ammone, Tebtyni autem cum Saturno (nempe Ceb?) aequabatur.

In Libro mortuorum traditur Suchus Hori nativitati auxilio fuisse, Isin et Nephthyn ad defunctos protegendos arcessere, et partes egisse in delendo Typhone. Alibi traditur Hori filios quattuor e loto Nilotico emergentes rete cepisse.

Aspectus

• Socnebtynis = Sbk-nb-Tn "Suchus dominus Tebtynis" (cum Saturno aequatus)
• Socnopaeus = Sbk-n-pɜ-ỉw "Suchus Insulae"
• Socnobraesis = Sbk nb rɜ-ḥsɜ "Suchus dominus oris terribilis"
• Socnoconnis = Sbk-nb-Gnwt "Suchus dominus Bacchiae
• Socōnnōconnis = fortasse Sbk-^cɜ-nb-Gnwt "Suchus magnus, dominus Bacchiae
• Soconopis = Sbk-(n)-Ḥ^Cpy "Suchus in forma Nili"
• Soconiêus = ?

Bibliographia

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