Nile Sacrifice Unto Sebek Lyrics:
[Music and lyrics by Karl Sanders]

Sebek, Sochet, Suchos. Dread Lord of the Marsh. He
Who Crawleth Amongst the Sacred Waters. And
Devoureth the Flesh of That Which is Sacrificed
unto Him.

Tua Ashemu. Tua Ashemu. Rekhes Au Sebek. Rekhes Au
Sebek. Tua Ashemu. Tua Ashemu.

Sebek, Neter, Ashemu. Whose Teeth Rendeth and
Teareth With Terrible Violence. Restore the Eyes
of the Dead. Collect Their Skulls. Join Their
Bones Together Again.

Lord of the Temple of the Mount of Sunrise. Open
the Way unto the Underworld. Cause the Dead to
Rise to New Life. Bring the Child Horus upon the
Throne of Osiris.

[Guitar solo]

[Sebek was the principal crocodile god in Ancient
Egypt. In primitive, pre-dynastic times, during
seasons when the canals dried op, the crocodile
wandered the fields at will, killing and eating
whatever or whoever crossed its path.

The Egyptians came to regard the crocodile as a
personification of the powers of evil and death,
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and they associated it with the demonic aspect of
the got Set. I was unaware until researching this
song that the species known as the Nile crocodile
is one of the very few animals on our planet that
actively hunts and preys upon humans with specific
(as opposed to incidental) intent.

In later times, according to Herodotus in his
"History (Book 2)", crocodiles became
sacred in parts of Egypt such as at Shedet (called
"Crocodiliopolis" by the Greeks) where a
crocodile was kept in a sanctuary lake alongside
Sebek's Temple. The sacred crocodile (adorned with
crystal and gold earrings and bracelets on its
forepaws) was said to be Sebek incarnate. Temple
visitors brought food offerings, which the priests
of Sebek fed to the sacred crocodile. If Sir
Waalis Budge is to be believed, this also included
on special religious occasiona infansa and small
children. Upon teh dacred crocodile's death, it
was embalmed and entombed in a sacred vault.

The crocodile plays an important part in Egyptian
mythology as both friend and enemy of the dead god
Osiris. He was also a protector and helper of the
newly dead, playing a role in Horus' ascension to
new life. In later Egyptian mythology, the
crocodile came to be regarded as a symbol of the
Sun, and was associated with the sun-god, Ra,
forming the composite god Sebek-Ra.

In Egyptian art, Sebek is portrayed as a
crocodile-headed man waring either a solar disk
encircles with the uraeus or a pair of ram's horns
surmounted by a disk and a pair of plumes. A small
pair of horms is sometimes shown above the large
horns. Variants of the name are Sebeq, Suchos and
Sobek.]
Lyrics: Sacrifice Unto Sebek, Nile [end]