A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Khepri is one of the important deities of Egyptian mythology. Khepri was the god of creation, the movement of the sun, life, and resurrection.
His name Khepri is also spelled as Khepera, Khepra Kheper, and Chepri, which literally means “He Who is Coming into Being“.
The root word of ‘Khepri’ also means “to create” or “to transform” and also “scarab beetle”.
Symbolism Of God Khepri
Khepri – the self-existent creator god – was associated with the scarab or dung beetle due to the scarab’s habit of rolling a ball of mud or dung along the ground. Observing the insect’s behavior, the Egyptians interpreted it as being similar to the ball of the moving across the sky daily.
Khepri was the god of the first sunrise at the dawn of the creation and sometimes, he also symbolized the sun in general, which means he was linked with the solar god Ra.
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However, his main mythological role was that of the rising sun from the horizon.
In the texts of the Book of the Dead, Khepri appeared in reference to the symbolism of the resurrection as a divine being who possessed a secret power of constant rebirth.
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