The Original Sinners

This naked couple walks into a garden, and a snake says "What can I do for you?"

We’re all familiar with the story of Adam, Eve, the Serpent, and the Forbidden Fruit. In modern tellings the Eden legend has been used as a cautionary tale against curiosity, disobedience, and women. But just how far back does the West’s most famous Creation legend go?

Let’s start at a time when the world was falling apart.

Ba’al of Ugarit, 1800-1500 BC