In India, one tells this legend about the creation of man and woman: when He had finished creating the man, the Creator realized that he had used up all the concrete elements. There was nothing solid, nothing compact on hand left over to create the woman. After thinking for a long time, the Creator took the roundness of the moon, the flexibility of a clinging vine and the trembling of grass, the slenderness of a reed and the blossoming of flowers, the lightness of leaves and the serenity of the rays of sunshine, the tears of clouds and the instability of the wind, the fearfulness of a rabbit, and the vanity of a peacock, the softness of a bird's breast and the hardness of a diamond, the sweetness of honey and the cruelty of a tiger... Mixing all these non-solid elements together, the Creator created the woman and gave her to the man. After one week, the man came back and said, "Lord, the creature that you have given me makes my life unhappy..