Jewish mythology
17 entries in the Jewish Mythology compendium.
Bosom of AbrahamPlace of comfort for righteous dead in Sheol or Hades.Darius the MedeBiblical king of Babylon not attested in secular history.Ephraim ben Isaac of Regensburg12th-century German tosafist and poet who challenged post-Talmudic authority.Sources and parallels of the ExodusScholarly consensus finds the Exodus narrative non-historical but with a core.The ExodusFounding myth of the Israelites' departure from Egypt.Fall of manJewish narrative of humanity's first disobedience and expulsion from Eden.Forbidden fruitFruit God forbade Adam and Eve to eat.JaphethSon of Noah, ancestor of many Eurasian peoples.JaphetitesObsolete biblical racial classification for European peoples.Mahalath (demon)Queen of demons and wife of Samael in Jewish mysticism.Mount NeboBiblical ridge where Moses saw the Promised Land.SambationLegendary river that rests on the Sabbath, hiding the Lost Tribes.Serpents in the BibleSerpent appears in Eden and throughout both Testaments.Superstition in JudaismSuperstition in Judaism spans condemnation and adoption across eras.Tree of life (biblical)Biblical tree of life guarded after the fall of man.Tree of the knowledge of good and evilForbidden tree in Eden whose fruit brought knowledge and exile.Twin sisters of Cain and AbelFirstborn daughters of Adam and Eve, twin sisters of Cain and Abel.
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