Which god is represented by the scarab beetle?

The god represented by the scarab beetle is Khepri.

Khepri was an ancient Egyptian solar deity associated especially with the rising or morning sun. His name comes from the Egyptian verb kheper, meaning “to come into being,” “to develop,” or “to become,” linking him with creation, renewal, and rebirth. Artists commonly showed him as a scarab beetle, a scarab-headed man, or a human figure carrying a sun disk.

The symbolism came from the behavior of the dung beetle. Egyptians observed beetles rolling dung balls and later seeing young beetles emerge, which suggested mysterious self-creation. The beetle therefore became a powerful image of the sun’s rebirth each morning.

Khepri was not always treated as a completely separate sun god. In Heliopolitan theology, he could represent the morning aspect of Ra, with Ra associated with the midday sun and Atum with the setting sun. Scarab amulets, rings, and seals became widespread symbols of protection, regeneration, and good fortune. Horus, Atum, and Ra were important gods, but none is the canonical scarab deity.