The Tree

Most of this creation myth is lost to us, but good fortune has preserved enough to encourage us in the feeling that it was an edifying story.

...it was the Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil, also called the Tree of Truth and Wisdom. There was a Snake in the tree, and Eve often had long, stimulating conversations with it (the Snake, that is--the Tree only listened, Listening being one of the fundamental natures of Trees). Adam usually could not be bothered to join in these confabulations; he was often too busy with the typical male reaction to discovering that he was naked...

...Eve fashioned fig leaves into a garment for herself (Adam wanted no truck with non-nakedness). She felt sad sometimes to cover her body, but it was occasionally necessary: many conversations were utterly derailed when Adam looked up long enough to discover that Eve also was naked...

...Eve ate the fruit and became very wise immediately. She shared this beautiful gift with Adam. They didn't get kicked out of the garden; they abandoned it, because the troll who occupied it was always harassing them, creepily ogling them and setting traps...

...the Snake was a manifestation of Satan, so it spoke Rationally, with Compassion and Good Sense to Eve...

...They took the Snake with them and worshiped it. When the Humans' knowledge grew powerful enough, they one day realized that Satan didn't exist. He had been a metaphor constructed by their unconscious minds. They were very sad for a while, because they had thought of Satan as a living Friend. They allowed themselves this metaphor, which enabled them to experience True Grief, one of the noblest expressions of the Human Soul. They gave their highest honor to their dead Friend by continuing in their traditions of Compassion and Reason and Morality, but now recognizing that the Humans themselves are the source of these Great Powers, that the Humans themselves are God...