In this story there was a literal “serpent in the garden” which is an archetype of the romance genre as well as the archetype of creation stories, because this serpent which is a trial/ challenge that Adam and Eve have to face, he was tricky and deceitful, he approached Eve and asked “Really? None of the fruit in the garden? G-d says you must not eat any of it?”(NIV, Genesis 2:15-17) The reason that this is such an important passage is because it shows the trials that Eve, in specific had to go through with the serpent, which is a challenge and a temptation, due to the fact that the serpent is trying to convince Eve to eat off of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which would kill her if she did. The temptation is something that Adam and Eve had to learn not to give in to despite how perfect the situation may be. The serpent even says that G-d is lying to them and that the fruit from the tree, in fact, would not kill
In this story there was a literal “serpent in the garden” which is an archetype of the romance genre as well as the archetype of creation stories, because this serpent which is a trial/ challenge that Adam and Eve have to face, he was tricky and deceitful, he approached Eve and asked “Really? None of the fruit in the garden? G-d says you must not eat any of it?”(NIV, Genesis 2:15-17) The reason that this is such an important passage is because it shows the trials that Eve, in specific had to go through with the serpent, which is a challenge and a temptation, due to the fact that the serpent is trying to convince Eve to eat off of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which would kill her if she did. The temptation is something that Adam and Eve had to learn not to give in to despite how perfect the situation may be. The serpent even says that G-d is lying to them and that the fruit from the tree, in fact, would not kill