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This Scarab Necklace is available at my etsy store.

The Scarab represents birth and rebirth in Egyptian Mythology. The scarab beetle is a dung beetle which means it collects up dung which it rolls into balls. It lays its eggs inside the dung ball so that the beetles are born out of the balls. The Egyptians saw these baby beetles emerging from the dung balls and they made the connection with birth and rebirth. They in fact didn’t believe there were female dung beetles and that this process of laying the eggs in the balls created the beetle babies. Scarab beetles were also connected to one of their solar gods: Khepri, from the word Kheper meaning develop, come into being, to come into existence. Khepri either took the form of a beetle or a man with a beetle head. This connection presumably stems from the Egyptians seeing the dung beetles pushing dung balls around and associating this with the coming and going of the sun. The Ancient Egyptians believed that creation began when the sun rose up from the mound: the primeval earth which stood in the primeval waters before life started on the planet. Some accounts say the sun emerged in the form of the scarab god Khepri.

The original illustration of Khepri, was made with Ecoline (liquid watercolour) and Indian Ink. This necklace uses a digital print of the image.

This necklace is made with a metal frame and a glass cabochon. The pendant contains an illustration printed on 300gr paper. The chain is fastened at the back using a toggle clasp.

Description
This Scarab Necklace is available at my etsy store.

The Scarab represents birth and rebirth in Egyptian Mythology. The scarab beetle is a dung beetle which means it collects up dung which it rolls into balls. It lays its eggs inside the dung ball so that the beetles are born out of the balls. The Egyptians saw these baby beetles emerging from the dung balls and they made the connection with birth and rebirth. They in fact didn’t believe there were female dung beetles and that this process of laying the eggs in the balls created the beetle babies. Scarab beetles were also connected to one of their solar gods: Khepri, from the word Kheper meaning develop, come into being, to come into existence. Khepri either took the form of a beetle or a man with a beetle head. This connection presumably stems from the Egyptians seeing the dung beetles pushing dung balls around and associating this with the coming and going of the sun. The Ancient Egyptians believed that creation began when the sun rose up from the mound: the primeval earth which stood in the primeval waters before life started on the planet. Some accounts say the sun emerged in the form of the scarab god Khepri.

The original illustration of Khepri, was made with Ecoline (liquid watercolour) and Indian Ink. This necklace uses a digital print of the image.

This necklace is made with a metal frame and a glass cabochon. The pendant contains an illustration printed on 300gr paper. The chain is fastened at the back using a toggle clasp.