On the other hand, it was true that the crocodile emerged from the waters like the sun god himself; facing east it basked in the early morning sun as though paying homage to the deity, and that it attacked the fish which were commonly viewed as the sun’s enemies according to Egyptian mythological thinking.

Reading Egyptian Art, A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture by Richard H. Wilkinson (via obsidianservant)