Per-Khepri
𓆣𓂋𓇋𓁛NK 𓐍𓊪𓇋𓇋𓆣GRP 𓆣𓂋𓅆 𓐍𓊪𓆣GRP
𓆣NK 𓆣𓇳 𓆣𓂋𓇋𓀭 𓐍𓊪𓆣𓂋 𓐍𓊪𓂋𓆣 𓄡𓇯𓂋𓇋𓇋𓁻𓊹𓀭 GRP 𓆣𓂋𓂋𓅆 𓆣𓂋𓇋NK 𓆣𓇋𓇋
𓆣𓇋𓀭Champollion
MDC: xpri
Alt MDC: xprr, xpra
Gardiner: Khepri
Allen: Ḫprj
Budge: Kheprer, Kheper, Kheprerȧ
Alt Egyptian: xprri
Transliteration: Khepri
Coptic: (Words that are close to his name w/ same meaning) Shōpe /ϣⲱⲡⲉ ,Shpēre /ϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ,
Sheere /ϣⲡⲉⲉⲣⲉ, Shfēri /ϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ
Hebrew:
Greek: Xepera
Demotic:
English: Khepera
Kemetic: Khepera
Pronounced: Khéprē, Khéprâ , Shōpe Late Kingdom-Coptic
IPA: xɛpri
Alt: Khepera, Chepri, Chepre
Meaning: come into being : 𓐍𓊪𓆣𓂋 "come into being"
Alt MDC: xprr, xpra
Gardiner: Khepri
Allen: Ḫprj
Budge: Kheprer, Kheper, Kheprerȧ
Alt Egyptian: xprri
Transliteration: Khepri
Coptic: (Words that are close to his name w/ same meaning) Shōpe /ϣⲱⲡⲉ ,Shpēre /ϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ,
Sheere /ϣⲡⲉⲉⲣⲉ, Shfēri /ϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ
Hebrew:
Greek: Xepera
Demotic:
English: Khepera
Kemetic: Khepera
Pronounced: Khéprē, Khéprâ , Shōpe Late Kingdom-Coptic
IPA: xɛpri
Alt: Khepera, Chepri, Chepre
Meaning: come into being : 𓐍𓊪𓆣𓂋 "come into being"
Home:
Temple: Re-Atum
Cult: Heliopolis/ ỉwnw 'City of the Sun'
Nome: 13th Lower Egyptian
Consort
itmt/ Ȧtemit 𓇋𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏏𓆇𓆗
Iusāaset/ iwsaAst 𓂻𓏲𓊃𓂝𓄿𓋴𓏏𓆇𓆗
Children
Shu (some accounts)
Tefnut (some accounts)
Father
Self-made out of the primordial waters Nu
Mother
Siblings
Ra
Atum
Nefertum (Aspect of him)
Alternative Parentage
Priest names
Features
Depicted as a scarab beetle or man with a scarab head, a physical association with helping the sun across the sky. Scarabs where seen rolling balls of dung across the ground and the Egyptians made the correlation of actions. Was born from the waters of Nu from a blue lotus bud. When the petals opened it revealed the beetle Kheperi. (An aspect of Ra) then he turned to a weeping boy who became Nefertum.
Symbols
Scarab beetle
Blue lotus /sSm
evening sun, setting sun
sun
snake basking in the sun
Roles
Manifestation of the Morning Sun. God of transformation, rebirth and reincarnation.Was the god responsible for getting the sun across the sky. Solar deity.
Connection to other gods
Ra (aspect of him)
Atum
Hybrid gods
Khepri-Atum (sunrise and sunset)
Aspect of Ra
Khepri: Morning sun manifested. Was born from the waters of Nu from a blue lotus bud. When the petals opened it revealed the beetle Kheperi.
Atum: Evening sun manifested. Was born from the waters of Nu from a blue lotus bud.
Nefertum: Was born from the waters of Nu from a blue lotus, When the petals opened it revealed a scarab. It changes into a young boy who is crying he became Nefertum.
Khnum: Sunset Manifested.
Celebrations
Offering items
Turquoise
Scarabs
Blue lotus/ sSm
Sun items
Marbles (especially ones reminiscent of the sun)
Sunstone
Ram
Other names
Epitaphs
ref.http://wepwawet.org/wiki/index.php?title=Nefertem
Invocation of Keperi
mss.tw nTr pn aA m xprw.f n xpr(i) r qrr.t tn
qrrt StAt nt dwAt mss.t nTr pn aA r.s pr.f m nwn Htp.f m Xt nwt
meses.tu ntjer pen ā'a em kheperu.ef en Kheperi er qereret.ten
qereret shetat net duat meseset netjer pen ā'a er.es per.ef em nun ḥotep.ef em khet Nut
It is at this cavern that this great god is born, in his form as Khepri
it is the secret cavern of the Netherworld, at which this great god
is born, he coming forth from Nun and going to rest in the belly of Nut
ref. The Enigmatic Netherworld Books of the Solar Osirian Unity: Cryptographic Compositions in the
Tombs of Tutankhamun, Ramesses VI, and Ramesses IX (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis) by John Coleman Darnell pg. 344
mss.tw nTr pn aA m xprw.f n xpr(i) r qrr.t tn
qrrt StAt nt dwAt mss.t nTr pn aA r.s pr.f m nwn Htp.f m Xt nwt
meses.tu ntjer pen ā'a em kheperu.ef en Kheperi er qereret.ten
qereret shetat net duat meseset netjer pen ā'a er.es per.ef em nun ḥotep.ef em khet Nut
It is at this cavern that this great god is born, in his form as Khepri
it is the secret cavern of the Netherworld, at which this great god
is born, he coming forth from Nun and going to rest in the belly of Nut
ref. The Enigmatic Netherworld Books of the Solar Osirian Unity: Cryptographic Compositions in the
Tombs of Tutankhamun, Ramesses VI, and Ramesses IX (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis) by John Coleman Darnell pg. 344