HAIKU: 41, 42, answering a challenge re Khepri

[Sue Littleton]

41.

beetle to godhead
celestial scarab Khepri
moves sun dawn to dusk

42.

lowly dung beetle
becomes god by observation
symbol of rebirth

Scarab dung beetles lay eggs in a pellet of dung which they roll along using their hinds legs, and the Egyptians regarded this action as an image of the sun and its course through the [heavens], rolled by a gigantic beetle.
The scarab represents the Egyptian god, Khepri. It was Khepri that pushed the sun across the [sky].
The scarab beetle became an ancient Egyptian symbol for rebirth, since each day the sun disappears (dies), always to rise and be reborn the following day.

[justwalt]

a quadilogy... dimentional.

thought reborn
beloved sun
life force

travel back 250 generations,
back when men were men...
but with the power of god
nations would tremble
under the rods of Ra.
what gives a bug the right,
to dwell among gods...
no god would be seen dead
without one. sacred exists,
itself, manifested by devotion...
leave no invitation unchallenged.

now, to infringe on some
uncopyrighted history...

Usually, the Nile overflows its banks each year leaving a coating of mud throughout the river valley. In the spring, adult scarab beetles were the first relatively large organism emerging from this mud. This emergence behavior indicated to the Egyptians the return of spring.

The Egyptians did not know the life cycle of the beetle and had not observed the adults mating. Thus, to the Egyptians, the beetles were observed emerging from the earth as if they had come into existence via spontaneous generation. The Egyptians interpreted this behavior as self-creation and again linked the dung beetle with Khepri - the sun and creator god. The dung beetle became the "sacred scarab beetle" associated with the religious concept of new life or rebirth.

[Sue Littleton]

Amazing the polemic my dung beetle - sacred scarab - Khipri Egyptian god haiku have aroused in the bosoms of numerous poets. Hail the mighty Search Machine! ♥ I have learned many new things, and learning is a pleasure in itself. ♥♥♥

[justwalt]

it
displays
the
oneness
forgotten

walt

[Sue Littleton]

Coo, that ain't half mystic!