Even Adam had to give up a rib! ;-)
Someone whose music I really enjoy said something to the effect that there is only one tune in the music of Ireland and Scotland...but luckily it's a really, really good tune. To an extent, there are a limited number of stories...but they are ones that really touch us deeply! It's very interesting, I think.
You laugh, but (Catholic theologian) Scott Hahn makes the (admittedly controversial) argument that the narrative of the Fall is essentially one of a bridal test ... which Adam failed, essentially by not telling Satan to butt out and leave Eve alone. Adam, Hahn's argument goes, was afraid of death (since preternatural immortality consisted of the possibility of not dying, not the impossibility of dying) and failed to support his bride against the threat.
Hence the need for the true hero to come along, pass the bridal test on Calvary, and conquer death by rising on Easter morning.
Maybe it's wrong, but it's still intriguing. :-)