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ID: 901001635 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001635 | Record Type: Character/Person |
Khepri (Egyptian diety) | ||
Note: Ancient Egyptian creator diety associated with the cycle of the sun, representing the sun at dawn. He is depicted as a scarab or a man with the head of a scarab. As the scarab rolls balls of dung across the ground, Khepri represents forces that move the sun across the sky. | |
Khepri (Egyptian diety) (preferred,English-P,D,N) | |
Kheper (Egyptian diety) (English,U,N) | |
Kheperé (Egyptian diety) (undetermined,U,N) | |
Khepera (Egyptian diety) (undetermined,U,N) | |
Khepra (Egyptian diety) (undetermined,U,N) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Egyptian iconography> (P) | ||
........<Egyptian characters> (P) | ||
............Khepri (Egyptian diety) (I) | ||
takes the form of .... scarab beetle (species) | |
.....(Scarabaeus (genus), Scarabaeidae (family), Coleoptera (order), Insecta (class), Hexapoda (subphylum), Arthropoda (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
role/characteristic is .... deity | |
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
culture/religion is .... Ancient Egyptian (culture) | |
.....(Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
role/characteristic is .... creator god | |
.....(deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
Khepri (Egyptian diety) | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2006004212 | |
................Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (2002) 201 | |
Kheper (Egyptian diety) | |
................Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (2002) 201 | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Sun whorship," accessed 31 October 2016 | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) | |
Kheperé (Egyptian diety) | |
................Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (2002) 201 | |
Khepera (Egyptian diety) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
Khepra (Egyptian diety) | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Sun whorship," accessed 31 October 2016 | |
................ Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (2002) 201 | |
................ Walters Art Museum, Baltimore [online] (2000-) http://scarabs.thewalters.org/src_pages/001_3godbehindbeetle.aspx | |
................ Source for image http://scarabs.thewalters.org/src_pages/001_3_N_nefertari.jpg | |
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