From the Vault: Funeral for a Bug
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Ancient Egyptian Mythology - The Scarabeel and the Kepri
The scarabeel, for instance, symbolizes perpetual life and renewal. The sight of young beetles emerging from buried dung balls raised ideas of self generation. These acts of transformation could have applied to more than just birth and death, but also to the various rites of passage in one's life.
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