This is a tough one, Izzy. I shall have to give it some thought. In the meantime, however, a couple of things.
There are dual creation accounts in Genesis. The first occurs in the passage you quoted, 1:27. As you quoted, man and woman are created at the same time. The second occurs in Genesis 2:22, and that is where woman is created from man's rib.
The first woman is believed to be Lillith. She would not submit to Adam because they were created as equals. She ends up running away from Adam, and is pursued by angels who try to bring her back. That never happens, and in the interim, Eve is then created from Adam's rib. As such, he has dominance over her.
Not that this has a lot to do with your thoughts here, but I find it interesting that the first woman is created in the image of God. The second is created in the image of man. There are many stories of Lillith. She is often referred to as a demon, and also as a witch. Of course she is despised. Eve, on the other hand, becomes the mother of humanity, and forever linked with original sin.
If wesen look at Adam as the first man and Lillith as the first woman, they would see themselves as created in the image of God. But there would be no sin as Lillith did not eat from the Tree of Knowledge. So would they be subject to God's law?
The other thing I was going to mention is Monroe's bible. I find it interesting that there is an angel in it. Another legend not found in the bible is one of angels leaving God's realm and coming to earth. They fell in love with human women and gave birth to a race of giants. Goliath is believed to be the son of one of those unions. Could wesen look at themselves as the descendants of the angels?
There are dual creation accounts in Genesis. The first occurs in the passage you quoted, 1:27. As you quoted, man and woman are created at the same time. The second occurs in Genesis 2:22, and that is where woman is created from man's rib.
The first woman is believed to be Lillith. She would not submit to Adam because they were created as equals. She ends up running away from Adam, and is pursued by angels who try to bring her back. That never happens, and in the interim, Eve is then created from Adam's rib. As such, he has dominance over her.
Not that this has a lot to do with your thoughts here, but I find it interesting that the first woman is created in the image of God. The second is created in the image of man. There are many stories of Lillith. She is often referred to as a demon, and also as a witch. Of course she is despised. Eve, on the other hand, becomes the mother of humanity, and forever linked with original sin.
If wesen look at Adam as the first man and Lillith as the first woman, they would see themselves as created in the image of God. But there would be no sin as Lillith did not eat from the Tree of Knowledge. So would they be subject to God's law?
The other thing I was going to mention is Monroe's bible. I find it interesting that there is an angel in it. Another legend not found in the bible is one of angels leaving God's realm and coming to earth. They fell in love with human women and gave birth to a race of giants. Goliath is believed to be the son of one of those unions. Could wesen look at themselves as the descendants of the angels?
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