In [[Egyptian mythology]], '''Seker''' is a god of craftsmen, and of re-incarnation (and thus of the dead, and of funerals). Later was strongly associated with [[Ptah]], becoming [[Ptah-Seker]], who was married to [[Sekhmet]], and during the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]], he became associated strongly with [[Osiris]] as [[Ptah-Seker-Osiris]]. ''Seker'' is further strongly associated to the sun and the [[Apis (Egyptian mythology)|Apis]] bull at Memphis.
His name means ''Adorned One''. Some of the titles of SokarSeker were “He''He Who is on the Sand”Sand'' and “Great''Great Lord With His Two Wings Opened''.” A god of light, fertility, and the souls of the dead, he signified the freedom of the bonds of death by those resurrected in the afterlife. A very ancient funerary god, SokarSeker predates Osiris by many years. A statue of SokarSeker was often placed in tombs, the bottom of it containing the deceased’s [[Book of the Dead]].
SokarSeker was the patron of the royal cemetery near Memphis, and it is called after him, Sakkara, to this day. SokarSeker was also seen as a patron of craftsmen, specifically of metal workers. His dedicated festival was the [[Henu Festival]], and was held every year in Thebes. The festival celebrated the resurrection of SokarSeker. It involved a huge procession with the image of SokarSeker being carried in a gilded boat. He was pictured as a greenish [[mummification|mummified]] man with a falcon’s head, or as a cat that walks at night without leaving a trace.
