Chapter VIII.

Eve.

The Fall of Man--Fall of gods--Giants--Prajápati and Ráhu--Woman and Star-Serpent in Persia--Meschia and Meschiane--Bráhman legends of the creation of Man--The strength of Woman--Elohist and Jehovist creations of Man--The Forbidden Fruit--Eve reappears as Sara--Abraham surrenders his wife to Jehovah--The idea not sensual--Abraham's circumcision--The evil name of Woman--Noah's wife--The temptation of Abraham--Rabbinical legends concerning Eve--Pandora--Sentiment of the Myth of Eve