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Scorpion

The scorpion was the sacred creature of the female deity Selket, a minor female deity representing the heat of the sun, and she can often be seen wearing a scorpion upon her head as she keep watch over the dead body of Osiris. In the story of Isis, seven scorpions protected her and Horus while they hid in the delta. The scorpian was also worn as an amulet against evil.

Excerpted from Science Of The Pyramids by Dr. Malachi Z. York