Definition of Khepera

1. Noun. Egyptian god of the morning sun; creator.

Generic synonyms: Egyptian Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Khepera

Khariboli
Kharijite
Kharijites
Kharkiv
Kharkov
Kharput
Khartoum
Khasi
Khasis
Khaskovo
Khatri
Khayr ad-Din
Khazaria
Khazarian
Khedive
Khepera
Kherson
Khevsureti
Khinalug
Khios
Khirghiz
Khitan
Khiva
Khivan
Khivans
Khloe
Khmelnytskyi
Khmer
Khmer Rouge
Khmer numeral

Literary usage of Khepera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Papyrus of Ani: A Reproduction in Facsimile by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1913)
"When khepera rose out of this watery mass, he found himself in an empty space, ... khepera came into being by pronouncing his own name, and when he wanted a ..."

2. The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1902)
"10188), the god khepera is identified with the god Neb-er-tcher, who, in describing the creation of gods, men, animals and things, says: — "I am he who ..."

3. Religion of the Ancient Egyptians by Alfred Wiedemann (1897)
"khepera, "he who is (in process of) becoming," strictly the god of the rising sun. In a Turin papyrus 1 it is said, " I am khepera in the morning, ..."

4. Egypt's Place in Universal History: An Historical Investigation in Five Books by Christian Karl Josias Bunsen, Samuel Birch (1867)
"Or that' he should cut or take the horn of khepera, that he should make a drop from ... khepera twists the horns. Let him not eat the phallus of the Sun, ..."

5. A Guide to the Third and Fourth Egyptian Rooms: Predynastic Antiquities by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, Harry Reginald Hall (1904)
"Now the eggs of the beetle were hatched by the heat of the sun, and the young The god khepera. larvae fed upon the matter of which was made the ball in ..."

6. The Monist by Hegeler Institute, Edward C. Hegeler (1905)
"At the Provincial Congress held at Lyons, 1878, M. Lieblein approximates Yahveh to the Egyptian god khepera. These are his arguments: "The Hebrews did not ..."

7. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1900)
"The fact that one title of Amen-Ra was khepera =: the creator, lends additional interest to the association of his secret ..."

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