In Christianity and the bible, most of the evil deeds committed is done by women and much blame for the problems with humanity fall at womankind's door.
For example it was Eve in the story of creation who was responsible for Original sin. The story goes that after God created Adam from clay, he made Eve from one of Adams ribs. God told Adam and Eve they could eat anything they want from the garden of Eden paradise except for the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. A snake tempts Eve to eat the apple and she in turn convinces Adam to also eat the fruit.
After eating the apple God banishes Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and thus begins all the problems of mankind. They would be forced to work the land for food and women would have to endure the pain of child birth.
The full story can be found by following this link:
http://psychicdictionary.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/bible-book-of-genesis-3.htmlNow the reason I mention this is I find a striking similarity between this Judeo-Christian story and the Ancient Greek myth of Pandoras box. Pandora's box is the story of the first woman like the Eve story from the book of Genesis. Interestingly Pandora is also made of clay.
The gods leave a box with Pandora and instruct her in no uncertain terms not to open the box. Inevitably curiosity gets the better of Pandora and she opens it. Upon opening the box she releases disease, hate, envy and all of mans other problems in to the world. The only thing which remains is a tiny bug: hope.
http://psychicdictionary.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/hesiod-pandora-box-ancient-text.htmlSo my question is this: What do you make of this link? Could the two story's be related in some way?
Is it unfair to blame the problems of mankind on the actions of women? Does that promote sexism in religion?
Do you have or know of a similar story in your religion or cultural mythology?