Death and resurrection
The scorpion is an ancient myth present in various civilizations. In the Babylonian "Epic of Gilgamesh" (XNUMXth century BC) the Scorpion Men guarded the Gates of the Lower World, through which the sun god Shamash entered and left each day. They also warned travelers of the danger beyond their post: death.
It is also part of egyptian myths, as the scorpion goddess Selket, one of the four goddesses who protected the dead Osiris, god of resurrection, fertility and president of the court of the judgment of the dead. This goddess is that of poisonous animals and protects and cures from the sting but also punishes with it.
Scorpion symbolism
Strength and endurance
The scorpion totem symbolizes according to enlabuhardilla.com openness to change, mystery, self-protection, masterful presence, magnetic personality, determination, personal intensity, willpower, forcefulness, tranquility and dignity.
It symbolizes independence, tenacity and determination as it is a lonely animal that he lives for about 25 years with hardly any food if he cannot obtain it; in fact they can last a year without food or drink, so they also symbolize resistance.
You shed your skin between five and six times throughout your life, being metamorphosis Another of its meanings, although given its wild nature, reminds us to control our impulses to decide if that change will be violent or slow.
All metamorphosis, every rebirth requires a previous deathThat is why this animal is a symbol of death and resurrection, a fusion between life and death, the need to allow something to disappear so that something better can take its place.
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Hunting at night: stalks their prey until it is time to attack fiercely, although they also attack when threatened. They control the amount of poison and the times they sting, which symbolizes self-protection and fierceness.
They do not see very well, only light, darkness and shadow and they perceive the vibrations of the ground by some hairs that they have on their belly, that is why it symbolizes psychic perception.
Tomorrow I finish.