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Creation of man from earth (Turner, Samoa, a Hundred Years Ago and Long Before, 1884)

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Type: a quote Sub-type: mythology (c. 1884) Relevance: Genesis - the Beginning Text:  "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Genesis 2:7 [...] [ According to the islanders of Nui or Netherland island ]  The god Aulialia made earth models of a man and a woman, and on raising them up they became alive. He called the man Tepapa and the woman Tetata .  [...] Turner, George, Samoa, a Hundred Years Ago and Long Before , London: Macmillan and Co., 1884, pp. 300-301. Online Source: https://books.google.ca/books?id=imZ0AAAAMAAJ Book Images:

Creation and the Fall? (Turner, Samoa, a Hundred Years Ago and Long Before, 1884)

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Type: a quote Sub-type: mythology (c. 1884) Relevance: Genesis - the Beginning Text:  "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." Genesis 1:6  "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fr...

Creation, the Fall, and the Flood? (Mackenzie, Voyages from Montreal..., 1801)

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Type: a quote Sub-type: mythology (c. 1789,1793) Relevance: Genesis - the Beginning Text:  "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." Genesis 1:2  "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so." Genesis 1:9 "And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so." Genesis 1:24  "And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:..."  Genesis 2:16,17  "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and ga...

The Fall? (Irving, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 4 vols., 1828, vol. 2)

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Type: a quote Sub-type: mythology (c. AD 1492) Relevance: Genesis - the Beginning Text:  "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."  Genesis 3:1-6  ( Eve becomes the serpent,...

Creation and the Fall? (Catlin, Letters and Notes..., 2 vols., 1841, vol. 2)

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Type: a quote Sub-type: mythology (c. 1832-1839) Relevance: Genesis - the Beginning Text:  "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man." Genesis 2:21,22 "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not s...

Creation, the Fall, and the Flood? (Danckaerts, Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1913)

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Type: a quote Sub-type: mythology (AD 1679) Relevance: Genesis - the Beginning Text:  "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." Genesis 1:2  "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so." Genesis 1:9 "And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil." Genesis 2:9  "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man."  Genesis 2:21,22  "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to t...