Womack 2005, стр. 81, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop through oral traditions and therefore typically have multiple versions."
Collon, Dominique (1995). Ancient Near Eastern Art (на језику: енглески). University of California Press. стр. 213. ISBN9780520203075. Приступљено 27. 4. 2019. „the strange store' of Adam’s ‘spare rib’ from which Eve was created (Genesis 2:20-3) makes perfect sense once it is realised that in Sumerian the feminine particle and the words for rib and life are all ti, so that the tale in its original form must have been based on Sumerian puns.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)