The Magi brought myrrh as a gift for the infant Jesus - a strange gift for a newborn. Myrrh was a spice used in the preparation of corpses for burial. They brought something associated with death to the newly-born messiah.
Myrrh – that third gift mentioned by Matthew – is an aromatic gum, the sap of a tree that grows in Arabia and
Myrrh, though quite expensive (valued more than its weight in gold) was commonly used in the embalming of corpses and burned to mask the stench of death. Myrrh is a symbol of death and dying.
But even this was appropriate.
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I used a few sounds from The Freesound Project:Instant 02
Stretched Theremin
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