The sacred Scarab beetle was already the object of veneration in the Pyramid Texts . The original animal was the dung beetle Scarabaeus sacer that the Egyptians had Khepri , solar deity and a symbol of rebirth. The scarab was a powerful and popular talisman, especially in the smooth bore an inscription or magic signs. Decorated many objects and was also used in the rings or seal mounted in chest and beautiful bracelets.
"Beetle of the heart" - so named because the mummy was placed over the heart - was made un'amuleto glazed clay, jasper or green stone, the color symbol of rebirth. Both as jewels and as funerary object, the Beetle was always the emblem of the resurrection.
LEGEND
Legend has it that at that time there were only male beetles, which after producing their seed, wrapped around itself until it forms a ball, then bury it. The new offspring to life through this cycle.
The beetle was identified with the God who gives life, namely the Sun, because in making the journey to settle his suit, does exactly the same path of the sun "dies" West, only to reappear the next day to the East For this reason, the beetle is considered the amulet that "transforms". The soul of the deceased did not die with him but "changed", became Spirit can - like the sun - to be renewed every day.
The beetle was identified with the God who gives life, namely the Sun, because in making the journey to settle his suit, does exactly the same path of the sun "dies" West, only to reappear the next day to the East For this reason, the beetle is considered the amulet that "transforms". The soul of the deceased did not die with him but "changed", became Spirit can - like the sun - to be renewed every day.
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