[split] References to Adam and Eve in Q13

[Koen G]

Speaking of which Koen, I spent a few minutes staring at Q13 seeing if I could come up with a good possible candidate image for the Serpent. So far no epiphanies, nor even any apophanies. You'll be the first to know if I change my mind on this.

I'm just starting to think about these things, so I don't have many refined ideas either. One complicating factor is that the serpent is supposed to undergo a metamorphosis before it becomes the animal we know today, when god punishes it. It is often represented as a snake with a woman's head (sometimes wearing a crown), with arms, sometimes a whole human body. Sometimes a bird-monster. Sometimes a dragon-like creature. 

Here's my favorite, by Van Der Goes (1479) 



Or something like this:



There are many wonderous incarnations.

(If further interest is expressed, I will split this thread).