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Originally Posted by greywolf90  ...i understand the "flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone, etc." but i do not understand why it had to be a rib. do you think it was just a random bone, or was there significance in that specific bone? |
There are numerous reason to think that this has to do with earlier Sumerian mythology. Specifically, a myth that takes place in a paradise garden where a goddess named Nin-ti heals the organs of a sick god including a rib. It turns out that "ti" has two meanings one of which is "to make live". There is also a Biblical notion that Eve means approximately "she who makes live".