Save Gender Masculine Usage Egyptian Mythology Meaning & History From Egyptian sbk, possibly derived from sbq "to impregnate" [1]. In Egyptian mythology Sobek was a ferocious crocodile-headed god associated with fertility and the Nile River. Categories deities, fertility, fertility deities, gods, reptiles Sources & References Budge, E. A. Wallis. Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary. London, 1920, page 660.