Based on: ‘The poor carpenter. Reinterpretating Christian Mythology in the Assassin’s Creed Game Series’, in: Gamevironments #4 (2016), p. 61-87. Download on Gamevironments or academia.edu.
Adam & Eve
AC2, Clay Kaczmarek’s ‘session 12’
Apples of Eden
Example taken from AC2.
Cain & Abel
AC2, glyph 6: showing Cain fights Abel over an Apple of Eden, and is marked as a Templar.
- Peter Paul Rubens, Cain Slaying Abel (1608/9)
- Tintoretto, The Murder of Abel (1551/2)
- Bartolomeo Manfredi, Cain and Abel (circa 1600)
- Albrecht Dürer, Cain kills Abel (1511)
Adam, Eve, Moses and Jesus
Shroud of Turin (Joseph, David & Jesus)
AC2, glyph 7: showing ‘the shroud of Turin‘ in the possession of Jason, Joseph van Egypte (tweemaal), koning David, en (tweemaal) Jezus van Nazareth.
- Saint Joseph of Egypt (St. Martin’s church, Zillis, Switzerland)
- Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, Joseph’s Coat Brought to Jacob (circa 1640)
- Guido Reni, David Decapitates Golia (1606/7)
- Juan de Juanes, The Last Supper (circa 1562)
- El Greco, The Disrobing of Christ (1577/9)
AC2, ID: Piece of Eden 66 – Shroud
- Diego Celázquez, Christ Crucified (1632).
AC:Syndicate, sequence #4 (‘Play it by ear’)
The Nephilim
AC3, sequence 12
Reference to Number 13:31-33 (cf. Genesis 6:1-6).
Frank G. Bosman 