This is something I have known about for a while now - even Santa Claus represents the Santal Claustrum passage (chimney) that the Chrism (Christos in Greek), the pineal gland fluid travels down to leave 'gifts' (sacred energy) at the base of the 'Tree' (Spinal Cord) also called the 'Tree of Life' and also being the same 'Tree' and Serpent (Kundalini) in the Garden of Eden tale...where Adam (Adama) represents the male/positive 'nerve' called Pingala and Eve represents the feminine nerve of "Eva" or "Ida".
A thousand or two years ago, the uneducated and illiterate masses could not understand this concept and so, it was all 'personalised' and re-told in parable form so that the sacred knowledge could be remembered and passed down through successive generations...over time, the whole premise of this 'personalisation' was taken absolutely literally and the whole meaning behind this was totally lost to history.
