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5 Characters Who Could Have Been In The Garden Of Eden

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From Wikipedia under Creative Commons license. Photographer: Lillyundfreya.

Speculative fiction is a genre that allows you to rewrite history, science, theology, or even the future. In this case, I’d like to ask you to rewrite the story of the Garden of Eden. But you can’t use any of the typical characters (Adam, Even, the serpent).

Instead, create a character that might have existed in the garden. Make it up. It’s speculative.

For instance, here are five ideas to loosen your brain:

  1. A Raptor – One version of history includes the co-existence of dinosaurs with man prior to the flood. What if it was true? In that case, dinosaurs would have been in the garden with Adam and Eve. One such creature was a raptor, a vicious talking carnivore. Yes, I said he talks. That’s why we call it ‘speculative’. It could have happened!
  2. The Twisting Vine – This living vine doesn’t talk, but it does move through the garden, up trees, around legs, where ever it can go unimpeded.
  3. Intl – Intl is a strong but not so bright Homo Habilis. He likes to watch the two more superior animals, male and female Homo Erectuses, and witnesses them being expelled from the garden by some unseen but all too personal force.
  4. Batbrain – This flying mammal appears vicious but is really quite gentle, though a bit eccentric. He loves to “rhino surf.”
  5. Hermaphrodite – On the opposite side of the garden is the hominid Adam and Eve drove away from themselves shortly after partaking of the forbidden fruit. They’ve now been expelled from the garden, but Hermaphrodite is still lurking about, naked and displaying both gender parts proudly. But how will he/she survive all alone?

These are just five speculative ideas to get your creative juices flowing. Feel free to use these characters or come up with your own. What really happened in the Garden of Eden?

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