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Khepri
Sign in to saveKhepri (Egyptian: ḫprj, also transliterated Khepera, Kheper, Khepra, Chepri) is a scarab-faced god in ancient Egyptian religion who represents the rising or morning sun. By extension, he can also represent creation and the renewal of life.
Khepri is an ancient Egyptian god depicted with a scarab beetle's head who symbolized the rising sun and the daily renewal of life. He was an important figure in Egyptian religious beliefs about creation and the cyclical nature of existence.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.name
- Khepri
- Deity.image
- File:Khepri.svg
- Deity.caption
- Khepri is often represented as a scarab holding aloft the morning sun, or a scarab-headed man. In one hand, the sun god holds a was scepter and in the other an ankh.
- Deity.hiero
- xpr:r-i-C2
- Deity.cult_center
- Heliopolis
- Deity.symbol
- scarab, blue lotus
- Deity.parents
- Nut (some accounts)
- Deity.offspring
- All gods (some accounts), Ma’at
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- Etymology
- Symbolism
- Religion
- Appearances in funerary texts
- Khepri's role in the Amduat
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Khepri (Egyptian: ḫprj, also transliterated Khepera, Kheper, Khepra, Chepri) is a scarab-faced god in ancient Egyptian religion who represents the rising or morning sun. By extension, he can also represent creation and the renewal of life.
==Etymology== The name "Khepri" appeared in the Pyramid texts and usually included the scarab hieroglyph as a determinative or ideogram as a potential means to make any allusions to the god clear. Khepri is also mentioned in the Amduat, as the god is intrinsically linked to cycle of the sun and Ra's nightly journey through the Duat, the Egyptian underworld.
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