Jeddah, Eden, Eve, and spoiling a brand new fig leaf

Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on March 03, 2000 at 17:34:46:

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is by lore, the place Eve went to to meet Adam.
(His ex, Lillith, having packed her bags and split). I suppose that
makes Jeddah where Eden is supposed to have been, and some have
thought Eden was hedged by Camphire (henna) trees .... in any case,
Jeddah has planted more than 8 million trees, many of them henna
trees, which must make it wonderfully Eden-like when they're in bloom!
Also, according to lore, when Eve was thrown out of Eden, she landed
hard on her bottom , and that jolt started womankind's first menstrual
period. Must have been a really lousy day for the poor girl! I can
just see her cramping and moping .... saying "Wouldn't you just know
it .... the first time I put on my brand new white fig-leaf and this
happens!"

This weekend I'll have finished a sheet of henna patterns derived from
henna leaves and flowers .... with Arabic and Gujurati words for
henna... email me if you want'em. Free. .gifs. the ususal.

Follow-ups:

• Re: Jeddah, Eden, Eve, and spoiling a brand new fig leaf Anne 21:43:23 3/03/00 (1)
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