Topic Research: Noah and the Ark

I think out of the topics I researched, my favorite would be a spin off of Noah and the Ark. I don't know what the name of the story would be or the character's names.

My first story would be introducing the main character. Instead of him receiving a message from God about the natural disaster I would have him be a scientist that was studying space and the movement of meteors.

The main character would warn people of a deadly meteor shower that will wipe out all of man kind but many would not believe him. He would search for the smart and strong people to save from the natural disaster, he would still gather the animals as well.

Instead of the ark, I would have the main character build an underground protection area. The purpose would be to rid the earth of disease, pollution and corruption, a spin from the original story of ridding the earth of evil.

meteor shower

Week 3 Story: The Forbidden Cookie

Gabriella is the first daughter of Elena. Gabriella is 12 years old and loves learning from her mom. One day Elena is making peanut butter cookies for Gabriella's bake sale. She tells Gabriella she cannot eat the cookies because they are for the bake sale and she is allergic to peanut butter. Elena makes Gabriella separate chocolate chip cookies so she won't be tempted to eat the peanut butter cookies.

Gabriella was sitting in the kitchen eating her chocolate chip cookies when her little brother Hayden walks into the room and grabs a peanut butter cookie. "You're not supposed to eat those," Gabriella says. "Says who, they're way better than those and mom won't even notice," Says Hayden. Feeling like she is missing out, Gabriella gets up and takes a big bite out of the peanut butter cookie.

Twenty minutes later, Gabriella began to feel an itch in her throat. She yells to her mom in a panic and Elena comes rushing in. "Why are you feeling like this, did you eat one of the cookies?" Gabriella apologizes to her mom. Her mom takes her to the hospital and she is okay.

"Gabriella, you cannot disobey me like that. It will have serious consequences, like today. I'm taking away all of your cookies and you won't be able to participate in the bake sale," says Elena

Gabriella is very upset and tells her brother its all his fault, but her brother gets punished too. They are both not allowed to have any cookies until they can prove they can follow their moms rules.

My story is based on the story of Adam and Eve. I think most people are familiar with the story but I focused on the fall of man. In the original story, Adam and Eve are told to not eat from the forbidden fruit. Eve is convinced to eat the fruit by a serpent and after that she convinces Adam to eat it. Adam and Eve are banned from the Garden of Eden for disobeying God. I decided to do a spin off of this and use the basic concepts of the story to create my own.

Adam and Eve: The Fall from the book of Genesis

Peanut butter cookies

Reading Notes: Adam and Eve Part B

The first reading for part B is Leaving the Garden. The main concept of this reading is God deciding where to place Adam after forbidding him from the Garden of Eden. Since God is merciful, he decides to put Adam in the western corner. He put him there to keep him from smelling the sweet smell of the fruit of the garden.

The second reading for part B is Entering the Cave of Treasures. This story describes the cave in which Adam and Eve are sent to be punished. Adam hates going to the cave but knows he will not be fully relieved of his sins if he does not go. He also must stay there until God comes to save him.

The third reading is They Die a First Time. In the beginning of the story Adam and Eve are praying to God and Adam falls to his death. Eve begins to beg God for mercy and to raise up Adam's soul. She says that his sins were committed because of her and to not punish his soul for these sins. She also pleads that she can not live without Adam, for they are united as one. God raised him up and told them of their sins and his disapproval.

The fourth reading is The Beast of the Creation. This story talks about Adam and Eve sobbing over being forbidden to enter the garden. They find the stream that leads to the garden and nourishes the Tree of Life. In their sorrow they decide to end themselves in the river due to their misfortunate circumstances.

The fifth reading is Want of Water and Life.  In this story Adam and Eve are raised up by God and begin begging God to let them return to the garden. God says that he made Adam a promise and once the promise was fulfilled he could then return. Adam and Eve now learn the importance of water, which was not of any importance when they were in the garden. Adam and Eve then go back to the cave, where they are in complete darkness. Adam falls upon the ground and dies once again and Eve is silenced out of fear.

The sixth reading is The Darkness. God is telling Adam about the darkness in this story. He explain that when an angel fell he casted the darkness and this darkness was also casted on Adam. He tells him that it will only last 12 days.

The seventh reading is The Sunrise and the Serpent. This story talks about the return of the light. Adam is scared of the Sun because he thinks it is God sending a plague. Adam and Eve encounter the serpent once again. The serpent attempts to restrain and kill them but God saves them.

The eight reading is Suicide and Salvation. Adam and Eve go in search of the garden and are hurting from the heat of the sun. Adam and Eve decide to throw themselves off of a mountain and kill themselves. God raises them up again and talks to them about how he will always protect them.

The last reading is Worship and Blessing. This story talks about the first offering of Adam and Eve to God. They offer their blood to God and he accepts it. God also tells Adam to stop killing himself as an offering and blesses Adam.

Adam and Eve

The Forgotten Book of Eden edited by Rutherford H. Platt. http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/myth-folklore-unit-adam-and-eve.html

Reading Notes: Adam and Eve

I chose to read the topic over Adam and Eve for this weeks reading because it is a story that I have grown up hearing through catholic school and wanted to see the different variations. The first two stories, The Creation and The Fall are from the Old Testament and are the traditional stories of Adam and Eve that I have learned growing up. The stories written by Grinzberg were different than anything I have ever read, but were quite interesting to me. Many of the stories seem to focus on perfecting a woman for Adam and the differences between man and woman. One story that really stood out to me was Lilith. Lilith was a woman whom God constructed to be a companion to Adam, yet she was more trouble than Eve was in the past stories. Lilith was created from dirt like Adam, instead of being constructed out of one of his ribs. This made Lilith believe that Adam was no better than she was and made her abandon him. Lilith ended up becoming a harmful character. This is why we learn in Eve that the woman must be constructed out of one of Adams ribs in order to have a deeper connection and need for one another. The story about Eve also discusses the differences between men and women and compares the two in many ways. Both of the versions of the story of Adam and Eve discuss the fall of man and the serpent causing temptation. Adam and Eve both gained knowledge from eating the forbidden fruit and were punished by God. The serpent was also punished but removing its hands and feet, forcing it to crawl on the dirt.

Adam and Eve 

Adam and Eve Unit: The Legend of the Jews by Louis Grinzberg and King James Bible, Genesis 1-2.