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Khepri has a minion!

Sunbearer the Dungus Beetle




Khepri


The Common Experiment #1536
Owner: Sekhmet

Age: 11 years, 6 months, 2 weeks

Born: November 1st, 2014

Adopted: 11 years, 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Adopted: November 1st, 2014

This pet has been nominated for the Pet Spotlight!

Statistics


  • Level: 50
     
  • Strength: 53
     
  • Defense: 10
     
  • Speed: 10
     
  • Health: 10
     
  • HP: 10/10
     
  • Intelligence: 156
     
  • Books Read: 101
  • Food Eaten: 0
  • Job: Veterinary Technician


"A beetle wanders in the night tasting dust, smelling worms, feeling the ground.
He pushes and pushes the seed of himself, a dried ball of dung.
Insanity!
What can come of such preoccupation, such slavish devotion to dung?
Through the belly of darkness, he creeps, struggles with his burden, at first small and soft, now a large, hard, heavy stone.
It is one hour before dawn.
Breezes blow.
The ball of dung turns gold.
In the light of day, the ball breaks; beetles fly into the sun.
That is Khepri." - Hymn to Khepri

To the Egyptians, the sacred scarab beetle was a symbol of rebirth, regeneration, and transformation. The fact that scarabs fly during the hottest part of the day identified the insect with the sun, and thus a sun-god. Kherpi was represented as pushing the sun up into the sky each morning, an image derived from how a scarab beetle rolls a ball of dung.

Kherpi was equated to eternal life. As a god who was constantly reborn, Kherpi was directly associated with the concept of resurrection. Scarab amulets were buried with the dead for this reason, and scarabs are the most common Egyptian amulet found.

A hymn says: “Blessings on thee, Beetle Sun, which rolls into life every day kicking six legs and humming your shiny ball of song. The world is a little patch of ground you travel with no haste.”


Credits

❖ Story by Sekhmet with information from these sources
❖ Background photo from Hasmik Ghazaryan Olson
❖ Profile by Balloon

Pet Treasure


Ankh

Experiment 1536 Plushie

Ornate Experiment 1536 Figurine

Dung Beetle Beanbag

Common Scarab

Scarab of Scholars

Scarab of the Pharaohs

Desert Priestess Iridescent Scarab Figurine

Desert Priestess Left Gold Scarab Bracelet

Scarab Wings

Scrab

Giselle Thrift Rat Scarab Shoe Charm

Saheric Beetle Sticker

Roasted Scarab

Gold Scarab Beanbag

Blue Scarab Beanbag

Purple Scarab Beanbag

Black Scarab Beanbag

Pet Friends


Ammit
The Great Devourer

Amun
Lord of the Two Horns

Anubis
Jackal of Mummification

Anuket
Incarnation of the Nile

Apis
The Great Bull

Apophis
Serpent of Darkness

Banebdjedet
The Great Ram

Aten
Disk of the Sun

Atum
The Great Snake

Bast
The Good and Peaceful Cat

Bennu
The Sacred Heron Who is Always Reborn

Bes
Little Lion God

Canopic
Gods of the Jars

Geb
Goose of the Earth

Demon
Guardians of the Underworld

Hapi
He of the Nile

Hathor
Cow of Gold

Heka
God of Magic

Heket
Frog Midwife

Horus
Falcon of the Sun

Ihy
Child of Music

Imhotep
The Man Who Became a God

Isis
Great of Magic

Khnum
The Potter Ram

Khonsu
Child of the Moon

Maat
Truth and Justice

Maathes
Lion of Slaughter

Mafdet
Executioner of the Gods

Mehet-Weret
The Great Flood

Montu
God of War

Nefertem
God of Perfume

Nehebkau
The Good Snake

Neith
Mother of the Gods

Nekhbet
Vulture of Rebirth

Nephthys
Mourner of the Dead

Nun
The Primordial Ocean

Nut
The Starry Sky

Osiris
God of the Underworld

Ptah
He Who Creates

Ra
Great Sun God

Renenutet
Cobra of Nourishment

Sah
The Star Orion

Satis
She Who Runs Like an Arrow

Sekhmet
Lioness of War

Set
Great of Strength

Selket
Scorpion Goddess

Seshet
The Scribe

Shesmu
Punisher of the Wicked

Shu
God of Air

Sobek
Crocodile of the Nile

Sokar
He of the Dark

Sopdet
Goddess of Sirius

Sopedu
The Summer Sun

Taweret
Hippo of Birth

Tefnut
She Who is the Dew

Thoth
The Ibis Scribe

Wadjet
Devouring Flame

Wepwawet
Jackal Guardian