Ptah was an ancient Egyptian god associated with creation, craftsmanship, and the opening of the mouth ceremony. As the god who conceived creation through thought and speech, he was seen as presiding over this ritual to bring statues of the gods to life. Ptah was often depicted wearing a skull cap and tight fitting garment with feather-like wings, connecting him to concepts of rebirth and transformation. He was similarly associated with Khepri, the scarab-god who pushed the sun across the sky and was thought to lift and grasp the sun disk with his hands and wings. The blue crown or Khepresh worn by pharaohs was seen as having similar protective and transformative properties.

1. In Hebrew letter peh has the meaning of "mouth" and also
"word, expression, vocalization, speech, breath".
Ptah conceived of creation in his heart and brought it into
being spoken through his mouth from his
word/tongue. Ptah was the god who presided over the
"opening of the mouth ceremony."
My mouth is opened by Ptah, with that chisel of metal with
which he opened the mouth of the gods. -From The Book of
Coming Forth by Day, rw nw prt m hrw, i.e., The Book of the
Dead
Ptah as Tatanen is not that much different in concept
than the mythology of a world turtle/tortoise found in
different places around the world.

2. Ptah wore a skull cap. "Skull" is related to Old
Norse skalli "a bald head, skull" probably related to Old
English scaelu "husk"(shell, sheath).
Ptah is also often shown in a tight fitting wrapped garment.
The one in the golden statue above has feathers that look
like like wings. We could maybe say he is "Fee-tah" or "Pt-
ah", i.e., the featherd. Perhaps the origin of the Greek word
for "feathers, wing" which is ftera/ptera(as in Pterodactyl
"wing finger", which we say in English as terra, Latin for
"earth, land", hmm). Ptah's form fiting wings are perhaps
even reminiscent of an insect chrysalis(from Greek chrysalis,
fromkhrysos "gold"). And the modern Greek word for
butterfly is, in fact, petalouda.
Lapis Lazuli Scarab(Khephra) with ptera "feathers" or
"wings" lifting the disk of the Sun Ra with its "hands"

3. So you might say Ptah is like the scarab Khepri here shown
with feather-like wings rather than beetle wings[beetles are
of the order Coleoptera, from
Greekkoleopteros, koleos+pteron "sheath-wing" due to their
double set of wings. The outer hard wings covering and
protecting the second sheer set when not in flight.]
Dec. 16, which was the 1st of Egyptian month Mechir, was
the festival of the little heat, when Ptah lifts up Ra with his
hands. So that is like the image above of Khepra lifting Ra.
Khefa/Kepha in Egyptian was the act of holding onto
something and "fist", which could also express the act of
"grasping or seizing" a new mental concept, or getting a
"grip" on emotions. It also symbolized the female sexual
principle and vagina.
Clenched Fist Hieroglyph -Khefa (or Rock, in the game
"Rock, Paper, Scissors")
The Blue Crown or Khepresh was first used during the 18th
dynasty by Amenhotep III, c.1386-149 BC.

4. Two Ma'ats Stand Behind Pharaoh Wearing the Khepresh,
From Medinet Habu, Mortuary Temple Ramses III, New
Kingdom, West Bank, Luxor
So, Khephra the "scarab" god, could be, Khefa Ra(graspting
Ra), holding up the sun. And bringing/birthing the sun into
the new day with newness of life, opening the new day, like
a butterfly emerging from its cacoon
in khepru "transformation".
The Khepresh(Blue Crown) actually looks kheper-like. It is a
smooth hard shell/cover over the head. It is like a beetle on
the head. or, maybe, a cap? "Cap" is from Old

5. English caeppe "hood, head-covering, cape", from
Latin cappa "a cape, hooded cloak", possibly
from capitulare "headdress", from caput "head".
Ramses II wearing Khepresh 1279-1213 BC, Egyptian
Museum, Torino
The Blue Crown/Khepresh is shown with the Ureus/Iaret on
the front, "the rearing/risen one", depicted as a rearing
cobra, sometimes with sun disk and/or wings, also known
as, Wadjet "the Eye of Ra". The word Iaret is related to
the hieroglyph ir/iri/irt "eye" and words having to do with
eye. The open eye is like the rearing cobra and the iris with
pupil is like the sun. The Ureus was a sign of the pharaoh's
right to rule and was affixed to the front of the different
types of crowns like an activated third eye.