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| (Creation of Eve, Orvieto cathedral) |
The Moon goddess was the first to offer her own mate for the man. She offered up the wolf. The wolf was strong, cunning, and fiercely loyal. However, the wolf could not communicate with the man so the goddess allowed the wolf the ability to change into a human. Thus, the first werewolf was created.
Adam lay with the werewolf because she was beautiful and he was lonely, but in the morning she had returned to her wolf form and he was disgusted. Adam sent her away, but there was already a baby boy growing in her stomach.
After the Moon's failed attempt, the goddess of Earth also offered up her own mate to Adam. She created her offering from the trees. Her creation was imaginative, creative, and powerful. Her creation was able to manipulate the elements around her to harness the energy of earth and perform magic. She is the mother of all fairies.
Adam lay with the fairy because she was exotic and she performed magic that enchanted him. But after a time the fairy grew tired of Adam and she longed to return to the forest. So one night she slipped away and was never seen by Adam again. But like the werewolf, she too was already carrying one of Adam's children.
Lastly the god of Death decided to offer his own creation to life — the vampire. The vampire matched forms with man and they complimented each other perfectly. However, the vampire was only satisfied by blood. She could not give life. She could only take.
But Adam lay with her and was satisfied. In the middle of the night he awoke to a pain in his neck. The vampire was sucking his blood. Adam threw her off and ordered her away. For attempting to kill Adam the god of Life cursed the vampire to be forever barren. That is why to this day vampires cannot give birth to new life.
When all the other gods had failed, the god of Life took it upon himself to prepared a mate for Adam. He put Adam in a deep sleep and removed one of his ribs. From that rib, He created the first woman, Eve. She was made to compliment Adam in every way.
Adam and Eve were fruitful and multiplied many times over. Where their parents were disgusted and wary of the other races (werewolves, fairies, and vampires), their kids were fascinated. Adam and Eve's children fell in love with the other races and they had children of their own. But that is a story for another time.
Author's Note:
I chose the Adam and Eve unit for my reading this week. This unit interested me because in high school I had a class where we studied the different interpretations of the creation story — mainly whether or not it was literal or allegorical. For my story I drew inspiration from the story of Creation in the Bible and the stories of Eve and Lilith from the Legends of the Jews.
Eve appears in the Bible and is the wife of Adam that most people recognize. But in Jewish folklore, Adam had a first wife named Lilith. For various reasons their union didn't work out. Instead of giving Adam two human wives, I decided to throw supernatural creatures into the picture. Also in the original story there is only one god, whereas I decided to involve multiple deities.
I chose to tell the story like someone would tell a story around a campfire because I wanted it to be read like an oral legend. For the novel that I'm writing I have werewolves and fairies and vampires. I think this story would be interesting to add so the readers have a little bit of history/lore for the world they're reading about.
The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg (1909).
King James Bible (1611): Genesis 1-2.
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4 comments:
This was an interesting take on how supernatural creatures were brought into existence - all of the big bads, for lack of a better term, trying to make a wife for Adam. You were able to accomplish what you set out to do - making it sound as if this was typically an oral story - with your use of short sentences and simple storyline. Well done.
Over all I really liked this story. I was not sure how you were going to retell this at first because it sounded just like the normal creation story but then it took a wild turn. I really like how you were able to weave in three other creation stories as well as staying pretty true to the original story. each of these stories could have stood on their own yet you were able to pull them all together. I also really like how you put the part about the vampire in there and how that made it so they could never reproduce. the flow of the story works very well and it is easy to follow the way it goes from original story. Then to the origin story of the werewolf. Then to the fairy origin story. Then to the vampire. Then back to the original. The flow of the story is also helped by the "campfire story" feel you gave to it.
I really enjoyed reading this story. This really sounded like it was a story passed down year after year. The transitions in this story and the first and last sentences of every paragraph flowed perfectly and kept you wanting to read more. I have different beliefs in creation but this was a very interesting thing to read. Warewolves and vampires are a hot topic right now so incorporating them into the story will catch the attention of many people. Great job setting up the characters and the transitions. Great read!
Hi Blake,
I loved your story. Well played. The campfire story method is very effective. You leave us with a cliffhanger here. I really want to know more about the offspring of Adam and Eve and their adventures with the supernatural. You did a great job of using a sense of flow with the story. I wish there was more images in the post, that would help a visual reader like me to stay focused on the story. Especially in a short story where you don't want to go over in word count, I think having the images helps the reader to get a good description of what the author is describing without using words. I overall loved the story, your page was easy to navigate, the format of everything was clean and easily able to locate your story. All of your links appear to be working well.
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