Editing Khepri (section)

==Etymology==
The name "Khepri" appeared in the [[Pyramid Texts|Pyramid texts]] and usually included the scarab hieroglyph as a [[determinative]] or [[ideogram]] as a potential means to make any allusions to the god clear.<ref name="Popielska-Grzybowska">{{Cite book |last=Popielska-Grzybowska |first=Joanna |title=Old Kingdom, New Perspectives |publisher=Oxbow Books |location=online |pages=230–234 |chapter=The concept of ḫprr in Old Kingdom religious texts}}</ref> Khepri is also mentioned in the [[Amduat]], as the god is intrinsically linked to cycle of the sun and Ra's nightly journey through the [[Duat]], the Egyptian underworld.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hornung |first1=Erik |title=Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many |last2=Baines |first2=John |publisher=Cornell University Press, pp. 155-156. |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-8014-8384-4 |location=Ithaca, N.Y}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Schweizer |first1=Andreas |title=The Sungod's Journey Through the Netherworld: Reading the Ancient Egyptian Amduat |last2=Lorton |first2=David |last3=Hornung |first3=Erik |date=2010 |publisher=Cornell University Press, pp. 19-20. |isbn=978-0-8014-4875-1 |location=Ithaca, N.Y}}</ref>

Khepri (''ḫprj'') is derived from the [[Egyptian language]] verb ''ḫpr,'' meaning to "develop" or "create".<ref name="Wilkinson3">Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). ''The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. pp. 230–233</ref> Khepri (''ḫprj'') can also be spelled "''Kheper''", which is the Egyptian term used to denote the sun god, the scarab beetle, and the verbs "''to come into existence''" or "''to be born".''<ref name="Liszka">Liszka, Kate. “Scarab Amulets in the Egyptian Collection of the Princeton University Art Museum.” ''Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University'', vol. 74, 2015, pp. 4–19. ''JSTOR'', www.jstor.org/stable/26388759. Accessed 1 Dec. 2020.</ref>