Quote Originally Posted by denuseri View Post
You can thank the western medieval artists for the apple bit ... all the early Bibles reference is a "fruit". Some theologians theorize that because fig leafs are mentioned it may have been a fig, others believe it was perhaps grapes.
Apples seem to have magical or mythical meanings, so maybe natural that it was chosen. I personally do not think the details are important.

All in all as far as mythological stories go I personally don't see it as any more or less "kooky" than any other cultures creation stories.
Is it a creation story? Many cultures have creation stories, naturally enough, but this one is an original sin story, not the same things IMO.