Editing Khepri (section)

{{short description|Ancient Egyptian god}}
{{About|the Egyptian god|the type of robot|Khepera mobile robot}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Egyptian
| name = Khepri
| image = File:Khepri.svg
| alt = 
| caption = Khepri is often represented as a [[scarab (artifact)|scarab]] holding aloft the morning sun, or a scarab-headed man.  In one hand, the sun god holds a [[Was-sceptre|''was'' scepter]] and in the other an [[ankh]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1kk66gk|title=Studies in Aegean Art and Culture: A New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium in Memory of Ellen N. Davis|date=2016|publisher=INSTAP Academic Press|doi=10.2307/j.ctt1kk66gk |jstor=j.ctt1kk66gk|isbn=978-1-931534-86-4}}</ref>
| god_of = 
| hiero = <hiero>xpr:r-i-C2</hiero>
| cult_center = [[Heliopolis (Ancient Egypt)|Heliopolis]]<ref name="van Ryneveld" />
| symbol = [[scarab (artifact)|scarab]], [[Nymphaea caerulea|blue lotus]]
| parents = [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]] (some accounts)
| siblings = 
| consort = 
| offspring = All gods (some accounts), [[Ma’at]]
}}
'''Khepri''' ([[Egyptian language|Egyptian]]: ''ḫprj,'' also transliterated '''Khepera''', '''Kheper''', '''Khepra''', '''Chepri''') is a scarab-faced [[Egyptian pantheon|god]] in [[ancient Egyptian religion]] who represents the rising or morning sun. By extension, he can also represent creation and the renewal of life.<ref name="van Ryneveld">van Ryneveld, Maria M. ''The Presence and Significance of Khepri in Egyptian Religion and Art'', University of Pretoria (South Africa), Ann Arbor, 1992''. {{ProQuest|304016142}}.</ref>