HAIKU: 41, 42, answering a challenge re Khepri
Posted: August 17th, 2010, 9:39 pm
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.
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.