Khepri

**Khepri**


 * Other Names:**

Khepry, Chepri, Khopri, Khepra, Hpri


 * Meaning of Name:**

The word “kheper” meant “scarab.”


 * Hieroglyphics:**




 * Titles:**

//Kheper-djesef// (“He Who is Coming into Being”)

Khepri was equated to eternal life, a sun-god and universal protector. As a god who was constantly reborn, Khepri was directly associated with the concept of resurrection. Khepri was typically represented pushing the sun up into the sky each morning, an image derived from how a scarab beetle rolls a ball of dung. No temple or cult has been discovered which was specifically dedicated to Khepri, but it is thought that the majority of Egyptian temples had a statue of Khepri inside them.

Khepri was pictured as a blue or black scarab, occasionally adorned with the Double Crown, and falcon or vulture wings, tail, and legs. In some instances he was shown as a man with the head of a scarab, or as a ram-headed scarab. The divine silhouette of dwarfs was assimilated to that of the scarab of Khepri. Being sacred to Khepri, scarab beetles were occasionally mummified.


 * Feast and Holy Days:**

March 1st (Going Forth of Khepri)


 * Quotes from the Egyptian Book of the Dead and other sources:**

“Blessings on thee, Beetle Sun, which rolls into life every day kicking six legs and humming your shiny ball of song. The world is a little patch of ground you travel with no haste.”

Hymn of Khepri


 * Egyptian Names Honoring This Deity:**

Men-Kheper

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