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Outcasts of creation
Allegory of Transience, Lauenburg, 1464 (?) North GermanyWho was it that tempted Eve to eat from the forbidden apple in the Garden of Eden? That’s right, the devil – in the form of a snake. Crawling and slithering creatures were associated with the worst of the worst and all that entailed – as you can see in this work, where they are tormenting sinners.