Scarabs: The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.Myer, Isaac
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Scarabs: The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.
Myer, Isaac
Egypt -- Religion; Scarabaeus; Symbolism
Resurrection from the dead, 92, 93, 122.
was symbolized by the scarab, Introd. v., vi., vii. See, Immortality
of the soul, also, Soul.
Resurrection of the soul, symbolized by the Great Sphinx, 82. See,
Introduction, also, Sphinx.
Regeneration and re-birth, 95. See, Introduction. See, Soul.
Rings. Use of, 40, 41.
Roman scarabs, 142.
Rua'h. The, of the Hebrew Qabbalah, 115.
Sacrificial victims. Those examined and passed as right, marked with
signets having on them the figure of the scarabæus, 20.
Safekh, goddess of books, 70, 71.
Saïtic period. Scarabs of the, 26.
Sahu. The, or Mummy, 60, 118, 119.
may refer sometimes to the living personality of the mummy, 119.
Sardinia. Scarabs found in, 130, 131.
Sardinian scarabs. Division according to the subjects, 131, 132.
age of, 132.
Scarab as a signet, 7.
as an amulet, 7.
the symbol of the Heart, 66, 67, 145. See, Heart.
Chapter XXXB. of the Book of the Dead on a, 154.
a beautiful Assyrian in the British Museum, 133
the synthesis of the Egyptian religion, 95.
a symbol of the re-birth, resurrection and eternal life, of the soul
pronounced pure, 66.
the hieroglyph of, To become, etc., also, creator, 80. See, Horapollo.
Scarab. A representation of with two heads, one of a ram, the other of
a hawk, 89, 90.
the oldest known, that of Neb-ka, 23, 46.
an emblem of Ptah, 13, 14.
Scarabæus. Name of in different languages, 2.
entomology of, 4, 5, 6.
where found, 4.
the hieroglyph of "to be," the emanating or creating, etc., in, 112.
See, _Kheper_.
the first living creature seen coming to life, from the mud of the
Nile, 13.
symbolism of the, 6.
the symbol of, creative and fertilizing power, 7, 8, 13.
the symbol of re-birth, resurrection and immortality of the soul, 13.
See, Introduction.
an early symbol of the idea of a future life of the soul, and its
resurrection, and likely of its future reward or punishment,
Introd. vi., vii., xi.
emblem of the re-birth and resurrection of the dead, 88.
a symbol of the resurrection in the heavenly regions, 92, 93.
held the position among the Ancient Egyptians which the Latin cross
holds with us, 2.
as an emblem of the creating source of life, portrayed on the tombs
of the ancient Theban kings, 16.
an amulet or talisman, 15.
astronomical value of the, 12.
an early symbol of the zodiacal sign now called Cancer, 12.
Scarabæus and the Heart in the Book of the Dead, 75 _et seq._
See, Appendix A.
varieties of the, according to Pliny, 7, 8.
meaning of according to Horapollo, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
veneration of the Hottentot for, 13.
sacred to Amen-Ra, 13.
winged, 59, 60.
Bibliography as to the, Introd. xix. _et seq._
Scarabæi. Manufacture of, 18 _et seq._
Scarabæidæ. The family of, 4.
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