Show Scarab seus egypto sacred rec tic the god beetle of the lower nile has lias been worshiped petted and feared by several benighted sects of egypt since the time when the wind and history of man mail not to the contrary ont like uke tho the other sacred creatures of idolatrous countries several mythical fancies are woven around this entomological rarity the number of 0 its toes thirty were supposed to symbolize the average number of days in a month on each new moon day lay it deposited epo sited a ball containing eggs which the egyptian priests assured their followers referred to the number of daa daya 3 in the year the brilliant golden color of the ball itself the sun in ancient times this curious beetle was do dared to be of but one sex the male but modern investigation has exploded that on ono 0 in myth at least ah h connection with the egyptian nations the agnostics gnostics es as well as some of the car christian fathers speak of christ as the scar alimus and symbolize him as a man with a beetles head bead the egyptians always embalmed embalm ed this sacred insect sti st louis republic |