Osiris: 1 revision: Discworld import 2

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Mentioned in {{P}}, this is a more-than-usually obvious reference to a [[Roundworld]] phenomonon: the Sc'''a'''rab Beetle of Ancient Egypt was a potent and ubiquitous symbol. {{wp|Khepri|Khepri}} the Scarab even pushed the sun across the heavens, just as Scrab does over the skies of [[Djelibeybi]].

In {{TLH}}, there is a double-page illustration of the [[ Gods]] gathered around the gaming table in [[Dunmanifestin]]. An interesting background detail is a small sun, being pushed by an attendant dung-beetle - most probably Scrab. In {{TLH}}, the marginal notes of manuscripts penned by [[Leonard of Quirm]] re an interesting read. Leonard speculates that the minor planets of the Discworld system are nothing more than balls of dung, gathered from the four world-elephants by cosmic dung beetles, and that close astronomical observation of these was the inspiration that called Scrab into being as a god of Djelibeybi. And once faith in a scarab-god was established, it gave him a mandible-hold in Dunmanifestin.

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