Sandman: where do the three eve stories come from?

[Amy Z]

Petra Pan wrote:

> On a completely different cultural front: 
> wasn't the Lilith Fair named for this 
> alternate concept of Eve?

What's the Lilith Fair?

> Y'know, that creation-from-the-rib 
> image has always seem like a male 
> version of birthing-from-the-womb 
> to me.

Sure.  Womb envy.  It's classic.  (And Freud had it too.  How else 
could he come up with that ridiculous idea?  Honestly.  Raise your 
hands, women who wish they had a penis.  Raise your hands, men who 
wish they could give birth to a brand-new human being from their own 
bodies.  <looks around at the few women and the many, many men with 
their hands up>  Thought so.  I'll keep the womb, thanks.)

> So, <idly a-wondering> when did God 
> have his bris?

On the eighth day, o' course!  Why do you think the story stops at 
day seven?

;-)
Amy Z