The idea that the Fall of the human race is connected with _agriculture_ is found to be also often represented in the legends of the East African negroes, especially in the Calabar legend of the Creation, which presents many interesting points of comparison with the biblical story of the Fall. The first human pair are called by a bell at meal-times to Abasi (the Calabar God), in heaven; and in place of the forbidden tree of Genesis are put _agriculture_ and _propagation_, which Abasi strictly denies to the first pair. The Fall is denoted by the transgression of both these commands, especially through the use of implements of tillage, to which the _woman_ is tempted by a female friend who is given to her. From that moment man fell _and became mortal_, so that, as the Bible story has it, he can eat bread only in the sweat of his face. There agriculture is a curse, a fall from a more perfect stage to a lower and imperfect one.[11:1] Dr. Kalisch, writing of the Garden of Eden, says: "The _Paradise_ is no exclusive feature of the early history of the Hebrews. _Most of the ancient nations have similar narratives about a happy abode, which care does not approach, and which re-echoes with the sounds of the purest bliss._"[11:2] The _Persians_ supposed that a region of bliss and delight called _Heden_, more beautiful than all the rest of the world, _traversed by a mighty river_, was the original abode of the first men, before they were tempted by the evil spirit in the form of a _serpent_, to partake of the fruit of the forbidden tree _Hôm_.[11:3] Dr. Delitzsch, writing of the _Persian_ legend, observes: "Innumerable attendants of the Holy One keep watch against the attempts of Ahriman, over the tree _Hôm_, which contains in itself the power of the resurrection."[11:4] The ancient Greeks had a tradition concerning the "Islands of the Blessed," the "Elysium," on the borders of the earth, abounding in every charm of life, and the "Garden of the Hesperides," the Paradise, in which grew a _tree_ bearing the golden apples of Immortality. It was guarded by three nymphs, and a Serpent, or Dragon, the ever-watchful Ladon. It was one of the labors of Hercules to gather some of these apples of life. When he arrived there he found the garden protected by a _Dragon_. Ancient medallions represent a tree with a serpent twined around it. Hercules has gathered an apple, and near him stand the three nymphs, called Hesperides.[11:5] This is simply a parallel of the Eden myth. The Rev. Mr. Faber, speaking of _Hercules_, says: