This desert insect was part of Egyptian cosmogony; it was the Sun, & its rolled food was the Earth
[DOC] [TLE] Ancient Egyptian Cosmology - Egyptian Mythology for Smart People [PAR] The air god Shu separates the sky goddess Nut from the earth god Geb, as Ra's 
... What did the ancient Egyptians perceive to be the constituent parts of the 
cosmos, ... Duat was where the sun  and, accordingly, the sun god, who was by 
turns ...