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Meanings of sacred beetle in English

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Usage of sacred beetle in English
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In the Ateuchus or sacred beetle of the Egyptians, they are totally deficient.
On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection / Or, the...
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Why is the Sisyphus a hard working paterfamilias and the sacred beetle an idle vagabond?
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
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SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug."
The Devil's Dictionary
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What we see is not the tumultuous ending of the sacred beetle; it is the calm advent of death.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
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Look on this scarab, this sacred beetle, which has been shaped by some workman down in Thebae on the Nile.
An Easter Disciple: The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight
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The scarabaeus, or sacred beetle, was the adornment of rings and necklaces; even the men wore necklaces and rings and chains.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03: Ancient Achievements
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Hereabouts, also, is the lower part of a kneeling statue of Sesostris, supporting an altar, with the scarabaeus, or sacred beetle.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
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There must be two kinds of hair on his tail, and on his tongue an excrescence in the form of the sacred beetle Scarabaeus.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 10
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All those operated upon, Capricorns, sacred beetles, ground beetles, die in convulsions.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
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We will not advance farther by the highway, for we might crush the sacred beetles.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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Each of these sacred beetles was rolling an earth ball toward the sands near the roadside.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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"They carry the shrine of the sacred beetle of the sun," suspected Heraklas.
Out of the Triangle: A Story of the Far East
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"But since two sacred beetles have barred the way now, we must not go farther; some misfortune might happen."
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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'In most myths the world is usually made from the supreme being's step-father's pancreas or the blood of the sacred beetle or something.'
Strata
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[Imitations of the sacred beetle Scarabaeus made of various materials were frequently put into the mummies in the place of the heart.
Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Volume 05
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