Khepri (literature)
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In China Miéville's books Perdido Street Station and The Scar, Khepri are a species of pseudo-arthropod people, the females being intelligent humanoids having art and culture expressed through biological resin sculptures and an oral history. Female khepri differ from humans in that their skin is crimson in color, and each has a giant scarab for a head. Male Khepri are smaller non-sentient scarabs without the depending humanoid body. The secondary protagonist of Perdido Street Station is Khepri. The name, and some of the description, of the species derives from the god Khepri in Egyptian mythology.
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