We all know Adam and Eve as the first man and woman to ever exist on earth according to the creation myth by the Abrahamic religions. The importance of them in regular life is that they are central to the belief of brotherhood in the essence of being originating from a single family with everyone have a single pair of original ancestors. Along with the creation of Adam and Eve also comes the most important events in Christianity, which is the fall of the man by committing the original sin. They are important in Christianity but not held in other religions like Judaism or Islam.

With the increase in the number of people getting Christan tattoos to honor their religious side, we can see a spur in the number of people getting Adam and Eve tattoos too. There are several reasons why people choose to get Adam and Eve tattoo designs and here are a few of the reasons why.

Adam and Eve Tattoo Meaning

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According to much more traditional texts, God or Yahweh created the first being, Adam, at the time when the earth was still null and void. Adam was created from the earth’s dust and breathing “into his nostrils the breath of life.” He was then granted the Garden of Eden to live in and tend to but commanded him with a penalty of death, not to eat the forbidden fruit: the fruit of “tree of knowledge of good and evil.”

So that Adam would not be alone, God subsequently created other animals and birds but finding it insufficient, created another being from his own ribcage called Eve. The two were the epitome of innocence until Eve gave in to the temptation of the evil serpent and Adam followed suit by eating the forbidden fruit.

They both recognized their nakedness and covered themselves with fig leaves. Sooner enough God proclaimed their respective punishments- for Eve, pain during childbirth, and subordination to man and Adam, stooping down to an ill-fated spot with which he must sweat and toil for his sustenance.