Legends from the Bible

The scroll portrays themes which seem to have Biblical contexts especially the fall of Adam and Eve from the Paradise. It begins with the portrayal of the Garden of Eden where neither is divided the time into the day and the night nor the space into ocean, earth or sky. The moon and the sun simultaneously shine and the ocean and the earth share common space. Happily they lived enjoying whatever they chose to do except pluck and eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge doing which they had to suffer expulsion from the Paradise. Adam used restraint, curious Eve could not. She ate the fruit and the other moment they were expelled from the Paradise and thrown on to the earth. Now death, which a huge snake symbolises in the painting, was their destiny. They were required to earn livelihood, suffer violence and move from place to place for various errands. The race of Adam and Eve expanded and so their sufferings, worst being the case of woman who was tortured on many counts.