Kheper or Khepera

IMG:file22.png: One of the principal gods. The actual word Kheper signifies becoming or turning, in the sense of transformation, and the god is a type of the resurrection. He is also a form of the rising sun. He is represented as a man with a beetle for a head, or with a man’s head surmounted by a beetle. The beetle being his emblem, probably became a symbol of the resurrection, and may thus account for the multitudes of beetles in stones and faience that have been found in Egypt. On tomb walls he is seen seated in the boat of the sun. In later times the scribes frequently played upon his name in the various meanings of the word.