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Mythology and Symbology- The Human Connection
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The God Connection- KhepriMuch like how God created the Earth for Christians, Khepri, the scarab god, created the universe and all that is in it for the Egyptians. In the Book of The Dead, a spell book which also doubled like a bible, he is credited with saying "Heaven and earth did not exist. And the things of earth did not yet exist. I raised them out of Nu [a watery abyss], from their stagnant state." (1). Scarab beetles were thought to come from sand, and thus like from Nu, they were able to create themselves like Khepri created all life. He is also the precursor god of the sun which became Re in subsequent dynasties (1).
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