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خپری
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.
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Ancient Egyptian deity
- Gender
- male
- Mother
- Nut
- Image
- Khepri.svg
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- name in hiero markup
- xpr:r-i-A40
- Commons category
- Khepri
- worshipped by
- religion of ancient Egypt
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