Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve were, according to the Genesis story from the Old Testament of the Bible (as well as the Torah and the Qu'ran), the first two people that were made by God.
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[change] Adam
The second chapter of Genesis says that God made Adam from the dust of the ground. Then, God breathed life into him. God made a garden, called the Garden of Eden, for him to live in and take care of. Adam named the animals that God made.
[change] Eve
God knew that the animals were not good enough companionship for Adam. He needed a partner like him. So God made Eve (meaning "life") from a rib of Adam's.
[change] The fall and punishment
Chapter three of Genesis says that Adam and Eve had everything they needed in the garden. There was only one thing that God told them not to do: eat from the Tree of Knowledge. But, they disobeyed and ate the Forbidden fruit. So, they were made to leave the garden. Not only that but God said that women will have pain in childbirth, and that man will have to work hard to grow food, and would return at death to the soil from where he came.
[change] In Hinduism
In the mundaka upanishad of Hindu philosophy chapter three describes a symbolic story of two birds. One is adma (soul) and another is jeev (life). Jeev eats the fruit of a fig tree (Pippala) and adma is looking at her without any influence. This story is told to explain even though the life (living being) is doing the worldly things (including sex) it will not affect the soul inside. The following points are alike: Adam and adma; Eve and jeev; Pipple and Bible; Fig is fig; Forbidden fruit is forbidden fruit. (Refer Deivathin kural written by H.H. Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi swamiji of Kanchi Kamakoti peetam, Tamil Nadu, India.)
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