Bible stories are of interest not only to deeply religious people, but also to those who need to know about the alternative course of events about the creation of the world and man. After all, at school, according to Darwin's theory, they tell about the origin of man, and about how God created a woman and a man, they often do not tell schoolchildren anything. Only inquisitive boys and girls can learn about this from believing parents or from this article. So, today you will learn how God created a woman, and who was the first man on Earth. The article gives two versions of the woman's origin, one of them is official, the other is legendary, mythological, but actively supported by researchers of the Bible text.
Adam
Probably there are no such people who would not have heard that the first people on Earth were Adam and Eve. Paradise and the fall are associated with them, they were both the first people and the first sinners. The Bible says that God created the first people in his own image and likeness. But it is notmeans that people are necessarily outwardly similar to God. This means that a person had a mind, will, feelings, as well as a desire for truth - this is what the churchmen say. First, Adam was created "from the dust of the earth", God breathed life into him. Adam he settled in a wonderful garden called Eden, or Paradise. There, the first person had to take care of flowers and trees, take care of animals and birds, give them names.
Birth of Eve
Every animal had a mate, but Adam was alone then, and according to the Bible, he was sad about it. Then God decided to create a couple for the first person. The parable of how God created a woman says that the Lord brought a deep sleep to Adam, took his rib from his chest, and created a woman from it. Adam, waking up and finding his mate next to him, was very happy. He called her Eve, that is, "life." The Bible goes on to say that the first man and woman loved and helped each other in everything.
So, how and why God created a woman, it became clear. However, there is an alternative version of the Biblical events.
The first woman on Earth
In Genesis (the first book about the creation of the world) it is said that “God created man in His own image, in the image of God, created him; male and female, created them. This equal position of a woman and a man here was interpreted by many researchers as follows: Adam was not created alone, God immediately created a wife for him, which the Bible does not mention later.
Oddly enough, this version is actively maintained by many. First womanthey call not Eve, but Lilith, created from dust, like Adam. This version is included in many apocryphal (that is, not recognized by the official church) works. This is how God created woman according to the unofficial version. Why then is nothing known about Lilith?
Riot on the ship
Legend says that Lilith and Adam lived happily until the woman wanted equality. She refused to obey her husband, and so Adam disowned his first wife. Lilith flew away from Adam and became the wife of Satan. Three angels sent by God tried to bring her back to Eden, but she refused. Subsequently, Lilith became a demon, she was scared of small children, according to legend.
And Adam, being unhappy and lonely, asked God to create for him a wife who would respect, appreciate and love him. This is how Eve appeared, no longer equal to Adam, but created from his rib.
According to researchers, the legend of Lilith as the first woman on Earth is true. However, the official church is forced to hide this, since Lilith was not a model of humility and purity, which is expected from a Christian.
Now you know two versions of how God created woman. Which one to give preference - choose for yourself. And the fact that one of them is official, church, and the second is apocryphal, legendary is a fact.
The image of Lilith in art
It is worth saying a few more words about the fact that the image of Lilith has been used in art more than once due to its mystery andmystery. For example, in Goethe's Faust, Lilith is represented by Adam's first wife, an alluring temptress:
Adam's first wife.
All her toilette is made of braids. Beware of her hair…
In Russian poetry, you can also find the name Lilith, for example, in the poem "Eve and Lilith" by N. Gumilyov:
Lilith has crowns of impregnable constellations, In her countries, diamond suns grow:
And Eve has both children and a herd of sheep, Potatoes in the garden, and comfort in the house.
In painting, the image of Lilith is also found more than once: M. Yusin, Stanislav Krupp, Frank Obermeier and many others use the legend to create their paintings dedicated to this demon woman.
