What do scarabs represent?
On One Hand: Scarab as a CreatorOne of the myths common throughout India and Southeast Asia, notes Bug Bios, identifies the scarab beetle as the “maker of the world.” According to this myth, a beetle “plunges down to the bottom of original liquid chaos,” grabs some matter, and brings it back to the surface “to form the terrestrial world.”On the Other: Scarab as the SunAccording to Egypt Art Site, the scarab represented the sun in ancient Egypt. The scarab beetle was observed rolling dung balls across the floor, which reminded the Egyptians of the way the sun moved across the sky. The Egyptians confused this ball with the female beetle’s egg sack that was buried in the sand. When the eggs hatched and the scarabs appeared seemingly from nowhere, the beetle was seen as a symbol of creation and became associated with the sunrise.Bottom LineThe scarab has been a symbol of creation in different cultures.
