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History of Scarabs
Over the history and religious beliefs surrounding the Scarab Symbol which was one of the most important religious Egyptian Symbols in the mythology of ancient Egypt. The scarab beetle was also called the dung beetle because of its practice of rolling a ball of dung across the ground which it then used as a food source.

The Scarab beetle symbolised the sun because the ancient Egyptians saw a likeness between the scarab beetle rolling the dung and the sun god rolling the sun, making it shine on Earth. In ancient Egyptian religion the scarab was also a symbol of immortality, resurrection, transformation and protection much used in funerary art.

The life of the scarab beetle revolved around the dung balls that the beetles consumed, laid their eggs in, and fed their young represented a cycle of rebirth. When the eggs hatched the scarab beetle would seem to appear from nowhere, making it a symbol of spontaneous creation, resurrection, and transformation. A scarab amulet provided the wearer with protection and confidence in the certain knowledge of reincarnation.

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Rolling around a dung ball, living in and from it, actually appears to be a perfect totem for the dimwits.

Even 45 on Friday night just called them on pushing around their “bullsh*t.”


376 posted on 10/13/2019 10:42:46 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas (Freedom or Liberty? Which would you choose?)
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377 posted on 10/13/2019 10:46:05 AM PDT by No_Doll_i
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To: Cats Pajamas

Yes indeed - once I found out that scarabs were the same as dung beetles - I thought “WHAT????”


391 posted on 10/13/2019 11:56:05 AM PDT by little jeremiah (new tagline in the pipeline)
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