The Garden of Eden was a land of paradise in the days before the Great Flood.
History[]
Legends[]
The Garden of Eden was said to be where the Black Stone fell from Heaven. Originally white, the stone became black when it absorbed the sins of Adam.[1] Adam and his partner Eve were expelled from Eden when they succumbed to temptation.[2] Cain was exiled by God for introducing murder into the world by killing his brother Abel.[3]
Legacy[]
Michelangelo depicted the creation of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the Eden, the fall of man, on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.[2]
During Henry Walton Jones, Senior's world lecture tour, his friend Richard Medlicot likened British East Africa (modern-day Kenya) to the Garden of Eden while living there.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
The Garden of Eden is the Biblical paradise depicted in Abrahamic religions before the mythic fall of man. While it has been referenced several times in Indiana Jones sources, in-universe media doesn't go into much detail about what it is or the events there as the Genesis story is assumed knowledge for the audience.
On July 18, 1996, it was reported that Lucasfilm Ltd. considered using the Garden of Eden for the fourth Indiana Jones film, with freelance writer Drew Babcock being told by a Paramount Pictures source four days later that an Indiana Jones and the Garden of Life title was being tossed around, with a 1997 rumor claiming that the latest script dealt with the Garden with an extremely religious tone and playing with some elements from Raiders of the Lost Ark even though the script itself was just a possibility.[5]
Appearances[]
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "British East Africa, September 1909" (Mentioned only)
- Safari Sleuth (Mentioned only)
- British East Africa, September 1909 comic (Mentioned only)
- Schüsse im Garten Eden (Mentioned only)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Secret City (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Pictured only)
