Birth of Fiction

Where were we? Oh yeah, at what we humans like to imagine as the beginning although there was a whole lot a shakin' goin on before Adam and Eve.

Adam and Eve were the first two of us to call each other by name. They experienced happiness as well as the pain and disppointment that go along with it. Where would happiness be without pain. I remember my last toothach and I'm overjoyed that I'm not having one right now.

Eve had a small pelvis which added to the pain and danger of delivery but which made the child more precious and cherished for both the mother and the father, particularly the father who up to this time had no idea if the kid was his or not.

Prior to Adam and Eve, the Neanderthals could have used a Maury Povich except every male in the audience and on stage might be the father.

Adam and Eve started the concept of monogamy. The concept swept through Eden. We began naming each other as well as our offspring which did wonders for the concept of gossip which slowly turned into fiction. Not everybody in Eden went along with monogamy which suggested something invisible and beyond the grasp of many sapiens. Even today we have a hard time with the concept of love.

Adam and Eve named their two sons Cain and Abel. Cain was a farmer. Abel was a gatherer primarily of wool. Cain got hold of another invisible, imaginary concept with green eyes called jealousy when he didn't believe that his gifts were appreciated enough which is a perfect example of the complexities that emerged in Eden as structures appeared along with hierarchies and competition not only for visible resources but also invisible imaginings.

Come back tomorrow for murder, gossip, crime and punishment.