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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mena7: [QB] [IMG]http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrllnXK9B1qehyxro1_500.jpg[/IMG] God Khepera [IMG]http://blavatskyarchives.com/mackeysd/mackeysd_images/kheper2.png[/IMG] God Khepri [IMG]http://www.thealchemicaljourney.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/scarab_Khepera_beetle_god-209x300.jpg[/IMG] God Khepera [IMG]http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1030/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1030-352.jpg[/IMG] God Khepera [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Khepri.svg/320px-Khepri.svg.png[/IMG] God Khepri Khepri (also spelled Khepera, Kheper, Khepra, Chepri) is a god in ancient Egyptian religion Symbolism Khepri was connected with the scarab beetle (kheprer), because the scarab rolls balls of dung across the ground, an act that the Egyptians saw as a symbol of the forces that move the sun across the sky. Khepri was thus a solar deity. Young dung beetles, having been laid as eggs within the dung ball, emerge from it fully formed. Therefore, Khepri also represented creation and rebirth, and he was specifically connected with the rising sun and the mythical creation of the world. The Egyptians connected his name with the Egyptian language verb kheper, meaning "develop" or "come into being".[1] Religion There was no cult devoted to Khepri, and he was largely subordinate to the greater sun god Ra. Often, Khepri and another solar deity, Atum, were seen as aspects of Ra: Khepri was the morning sun, Ra was the midday sun, and Atum was the sun in the evening.[1] Appearance Khepri was principally depicted as a scarab beetle, though in some tomb paintings and funerary papyri he is represented as a human male with a scarab as a head. He is also depicted as a scarab in a solar barque held aloft by Nun. The scarab amulets that the Egyptians used as jewelry and as seals represent Khepri. Khepera (Khepra, Khepri) Symbols: scarab beetle Cult Center: Heliopolis Links: Scarabaeus - a game in which you are a dung beetle. Khepera is a form of the sun-god Re. Khepera was specifically the god of the rising sun. He was self-produced and usually depicted as a human with a beetle on his head, or sometimes with the beetle as his head. His name comes from the Egyptian word, kheprer or "to become". Dung beetle pushing a ball of dung Khepera is the manifestation of the rising sun. Khepera would roll the sun along the sky, much as the dung beetle rolls a ball of dung in front of him (sometimes the Khepera was also shown pushing the moon through the sky). This ball of dung is what it lays its eggs in. The beetle larvae eat the ball of dung after they hatch. The Egyptians would see the beetle roll a ball of dung into a hole and leave. Later, when many dung beetles emerged from the hole, it would seem as though they created themselves. Khepera also had this attribute of self-generation and self-renewal. The particular dung beetle the Egyptians identified with Khepera was the Scarabaeus sacer. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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