Editing Sokar (section)

==Popular culture==
In the film ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956), the [[Pharaoh]] [[Rameses II]] invokes the same deity to bring his deceased firstborn son back to life, while wearing a dark blue robe with a silver bow.{{fact|date=February 2023}}

In the show ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', the Goa'uld villain Sokar is named after Him. Sokar appears as a powerful and sadistic Goa'uld who chose the role of the Devil rather than a god like the rest of his species. He is killed when the moon he uses as his own personal version of Hell is blown up, destroying Sokar's ship in orbit and Sokar himself.{{fact|date=February 2023}}

American technical death metal band [[Nile (Band)|Nile]] wrote the title track of their album “[[Annihilation of the Wicked]]” about the domain, occupation, and appearance of Sokar. Curiously, the lyrics seem to describe Sokar in the form of Sokar-Osiris, not Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, deliberately excluding the aspects of Ptah. The lyrics call him "ancient and dead", a trait held by Osiris, but also describe him as being “shunned by Ra,” which would place the Sokar they describe in the context of Heliopolis rather than Memphis.{{fact|date=February 2023}}

The fantasy role playing game "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons" includes Sokar in its 1st edition, "Deities and Demigods", and the "Legends and Lore" rulebooks.  In this setting, Sokar is described as the Egyptian lesser god of light and, among other details, he casts rays of light from his hands which destroy all undead.  His Alignment is given as Neutral Good, and it is noted he protects Egyptian souls of the same Alignment after their death.  No specific mention is made of the later triple persona, though his symbol is given as a hawk-headed mummy holding an ankh, which does at least indirectly suggest the connection.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ward|first=James, with Rob Kuntz|title=Legends and Lore|publisher=TSR Inc.|year=1984|isbn=0-935696-22-9|pages=48}}</ref>