聖甲蟲
聖甲蟲sing3 gaap3 cung4（英文：scarab），粵文又有叫死亡甲蟲sei2 mong4 gaap3 cung4，係古埃及成日用嘅一種符號，喺某啲人造物件上面描繪咗屎甲蟲嘅形象。
聖甲蟲呢種符號源自古埃及人嘅信仰：古埃及人相信，太陽神拉（古埃及文：rꜥ；成個古埃及信仰入面最重要嘅天神之一）每日都會負責推住太陽，令到太陽日出嗰陣就轆上天，到咗日落就轆返落山；佢哋又觀察到屎甲蟲會將啲屎搓做球體再轆返個竇度，覺得呢種行為有啲似太陽神拉；於是好多古埃及人就因而相信屎甲蟲有神力，所以會攞呢啲甲蟲嘅形象嚟造護身符等嘅物品，甚至雕埋聖甲蟲嘅形象落（例如）神殿嘅牆度。
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