Khepri

"I am Kepri the Rising Sun,I will not be denied."



Khepri, Son of Naunet or Ocean Nun, is the God of the Morning Sun, is one of the three personas of Ra. He is portrayed as a man with a scarab for his head. Ra sacrificed this aspect of himself to bind Apophis, turning him into millions of beetles. However, doing so destroyed Ra's ability to be reborn and he ultimately became a senile old man. By the time the Kanes find him, all but one beetle is dead. They summon the beetle, even though they know that doing so will break the seal on Apophis and release him. They do so because demons are searching for it as well and will release Apophis anyway once they find it, but at least this way the good guys have it. They give the beetle to Ra in hopes that it will allow him to be reborn finally, but even after swallowing it, he remain a senile old man. Ra later gives the beetle to Zia and it protects them from the power of Chaos in the Land of Demons and allows Zia to channel Ra's power. Later, when Ra merges with Zia while she is wearing this beetle, he is finally reborn. His symbols are a Scarab beetle and the blue lotus. He is the first aspect of Ra. He is often thought of as the rising sun. He is Ra's aspect at sunrise. That is why he only is seen near the end of the journey through the Duat Tefnut and Shu are his children.