Tip 1: Why in ancient Egypt the scabbard was considered sacred
Tip 1: Why in ancient Egypt the scabbard was considered sacred
Historically, the EgyptiansAncient antiquity were pagans and part of this religion, together with its rites and sacraments moved to modern times. Thus, modern Egyptians still revere the scarab beetle as a sacred deity and a symbol of wealth and luck.
Beetle-luck
It is believed that if you buy a figurine of a beetle andstore with money, they will necessarily increase. If you want to lure the house luck, then you should get a beetle figurine on the stand, and its legs must necessarily touch it.According to the legend, the scarab crawled out of the nostrils of the god Osiris, which was perceived as a symbol of the speedy resurrection of the deceased.
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In the Ancient Egyptian State, the Scarab beetlevery revered, because it was considered the light of the rising sun. So, in ancient Egyptian mythology, there were several solar gods. And one of them was the god of the morning rising sun, Heprey, who was designated as a deity with the head of a scarab beetle. All his life, a scarab beetle is engaged in molding small balls with an ideal shape from a manure pile. When the ball takes the right shape, the beetle lays eggs there. He tirelessly rolls the ball in front of him for 28 calendar days along the trajectory, which exactly repeats the sun. On the 29th day the beetle throws a ball into the water, from where its offspring appear. It is because of this way of the birth of the beetle's offspring, and also the trajectory that exactly coincided with the solar orbit, that the scarabs were elevated to the rank of sacred insects. His life activity was associated with the ancient Egyptians with the eternal mystery of birth and death, which embodied the Sun.The Divine Incarnation
God of the morning rising sun Chepri with his headScarab beetle was endowed with the ability to reborn after death. Therefore, the scarab beetle was a talisman among the ancient Egyptians, not only throughout life, but after retiring to the world of another, because they believed that there is eternal life. It was this sense that carried the beetle in itself.When making a mummy in Egypt, it was accepted inside the human heart to invest a heart of stone or mineral with the image of a scarab as a sign of incorruptibility and rebirth.In addition, the beetle, according toancient Egyptian mythology, personified the trials that fell to the lot of a man, or rather his soul. Therefore, these beetles mummified and placed in burials, so that he accompanied the soul in the world otherwise. In life, the earth beetle scarab from the ancient inhabitants of Egypt also symbolized the wisdom that the disciple receives in the process of knowing the truth. It was believed that the persistence with which the beetle sculpts its balls, must be adopted by people to achieve the goals.
Tip 2: Whom the Egyptians considered a sacred animal
From ancient times, people worshiped one way or anotherAnimals that are totems for them. The connection of people with the animal world was so close that it existed in different epochs, passing from one generation to another. For example, it was in ancient Egypt.
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In the original world order, all availableThe deities were identified with the Egyptians with animals and depicted only in their guises. A little later, some gods began to be portrayed by Egyptians in zoomorphic forms, ie. as people-animals (for example, with the body of a lion and the head of a person). It is curious that the ancient Egyptians themselves never identified the animals themselves with the gods and did not consider them as the supreme powers. An exception can be called only those cases when a particular animal was considered to be the "embodiment of the soul" of a particular deity, for example, a black bull named Mnevis, who shares similarities with a bull named Apis.
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Animals that the ancient Egyptians worshiped wereDiverse: these are birds, and ungulates, and reptiles, and mammals, and even insects. For example, ancient people had cults of bull, falcon, cat, kite, ibis, crocodile and even a scarab beetle. It often happened that a particular sacred animal, revered by some Egyptians, was not at all esteemed by others. In this case, sacred animals could be killed, which often entailed hostility between residents of certain localities and territories. By the way, the sacred birds were always forbidden hunting, and on lions - exclusively on holidays relating to the Egyptian goddess Bast respected by the Egyptians.
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The cult of sacred cows and bulls was connected with the fact,That these animals helped people in agricultural work - they were plowed on the bulls for days and nights. These animals represented fertility and agriculture. The most revered bull was Apis. The Egyptians believed that he fertilized the Celestial Cow which brings the golden calf to the world - the Sun. Among the cult of mythical sacred birds, the most revered were the Great Gogotun and Vienna. Of the really existing birds, the falcon, the kite and the ibis were sacred. Crocodiles Egyptians worshiped mainly in Thebes and in Fayum (Libyan desert). These reptiles personified the god of the Nile waters - Sebek. The Egyptians believed that crocodiles can control river spills, bringing fertile silt to their land.
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Cats were sacred animals everywhere andwere revered by the ancient Egyptians everywhere, and especially in Bubastis. It was believed that the cat is the goddess Bast. The veneration of lions was based on the power of the goddess-lioness and symbolized the power of the pharaoh and the power of the goddess Sokhmet. Pigs in ancient Egypt were considered unclean animals, associated with Seth, but later they began to compare with the sky. Some residents revered them. Honoring the hippopotamuses was associated with the cult of Taurt, but this cult was never widely popular. Jackals in Ancient Egypt were associated with the god Anubis, with the desert. Dung scarab beetle was also considered a sacred animal. His cult was associated with the cult of Khepri. The Egyptians believed that these beetles could spontaneously germinate themselves. Images of these insects served as amulets, protecting people from evil and poisonous bites.
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Despite their worship of animals, someFrom them it was necessary nevertheless to kill. For example, in some territories of Ancient Egypt, the inhabitants had to kill crocodiles. And the blame itself was sacred animals: crocodiles were bred so much that they began to pose a real threat to the lives of people and other sacred animals, such as bulls and cows. It is curious that the Egyptian buried the dead sacred animal with all the honors: the animal was embalmed, was placed in a sarcophagus and was buried in the temples. For example, dead cats were buried in special sacred tombs in Bubastis, bulls were buried in the place where they died, and dead cows were generally thrown into the Nile River.
