Divinity

Divinity

50 x 50 cm, © 2012, sold
Two-dimensional | Painting | Acrylic | on canvas

Meeting between a scarabee and oriental shorthair 'Dippy', represented as 'Bastet', the Egyptian Cat Goddess.
According to the Egyptian mythology, the scarabee symbolises the rising sun.
This because of the dung balls, which are made by the beetles. The round shape of the balls have been associated with the sun.
The same mythology says that the Bastet is i.a. the goddess of happiness in life.
Furthermore, Bastet would have killed the snake which descend the sun.
That's why many Egyptian cat figures carry the symbol of a scarabee on there chest.