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1987
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Revue de l'histoire des religions - Année 1987 - Volume 204 - Numéro 1 - Pages 3-46On expose comment, d'après ses caractéristiques morphologiques et biologiques, le coléoptère Scarabaeus sacer a été associé par les anciens Egyptiens avec le soleil et la terre. On propose ensuite son identification à Osiris, dont il serait le modèle du fait de son développement ontogénique qui passe par un stade nymphal, immobile et ďaspect mort, ďoù sort l'adulte comme s'il ressuscitait. De même que le scarabée-(Osiris), les hommes aussi devaient passer par un stade mort, semblable à sa nymphe (momie), préparant à une résurrection solaire. C'est autour de cette idée de victoire sur la mort, de triomphe de l'Ordre, à laquelle ils attachèrent un intérêt passionné, que s'organise tout le système religieux des Egyptiens.
The scarab in ancient Egypt : Origin and meaning of the symbol
From its morphological and biological characteristics, it is shown how the beetle Scarabaeus sacer has been associated by the ancient Egyptians with the sun and the earth. Then, its identification with Osiris is proposed. The scarab would have been his model due to its ontogenetic development, passing through a nymphal instar, motionless and deadlike, which the adult comes from as it were ressuscitating. Like the scarab-(Osiris), men too had to suffer a stage of death, similar to its nymph (mummy), preparing for a solar resurrection. It is on this idea of victory on the death, of triumph of the Order, which they were passionately interested in, that the Egyptians organized their whole religious system.
44 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.
The scarab in ancient Egypt : Origin and meaning of the symbol
From its morphological and biological characteristics, it is shown how the beetle Scarabaeus sacer has been associated by the ancient Egyptians with the sun and the earth. Then, its identification with Osiris is proposed. The scarab would have been his model due to its ontogenetic development, passing through a nymphal instar, motionless and deadlike, which the adult comes from as it were ressuscitating. Like the scarab-(Osiris), men too had to suffer a stage of death, similar to its nymph (mummy), preparing for a solar resurrection. It is on this idea of victory on the death, of triumph of the Order, which they were passionately interested in, that the Egyptians organized their whole religious system.
44 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.
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01 janvier 1987
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Français
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2 Mo