Fateful sleep

While Adam is in deep sleep (tardema), Eve is created out of one of his ribs.

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Killed during sleep. Judit waits until Holofernes is overwhelmed from wine and sleep, and then kills him with his own sword that is hanging from the bedpost.


See also "Historic fateful dreams"


Illustration by Gustav Doré: Creation of Eve (from an old Bible)

 

 

 

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