Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The expression "Cain-coloured beard" (Cain and Judas were traditionally considered to have red or yellow hair) [58] is used in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor (1602). [57] Lord Byron rewrote and dramatized the story in the play Cain (1821), viewing Cain as symbolic of a sanguine temperament, provoked by Abel's hypocrisy and sanctimony ...
The character who supplies Cain with knowledge of death is Lucifer. In Act II, Lucifer leads Cain on a voyage to the "Abyss of Space" and shows him a catastrophic vision of the Earth's natural history, complete with spirits of extinct life forms like the mammoth. Cain returns to Earth in Act III, depressed by this vision of universal death.
Edwin Roscoe Mullins – Cain or My Punishment is Greater than I can Bear (Genesis 4:13), about 1899. Print by Wilhelm Groß of Cain with mark of a Chi Rho (1956/57). The narrative of the curse of Cain is found in the text of Genesis 4:11–16. The curse was the result of Cain murdering his brother, Abel, and lying about the murder to God. [2]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 December 2024. First two sons of Adam and Eve This article is about the first and second sons of Adam and Eve. For other uses, see Cain and Abel (disambiguation). Cain slaying Abel, by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1600 In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain [a] and Abel [b] are the first two sons of Adam and ...
The novel is mostly told through the eyes of Cain as he witnesses and recounts passages from the Bible that add to his increasing hatred of God.. A preliminary part follows the story line of the early chapters in the Book of Genesis, describing the Original Sin, Fall of Man, and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise — depicted as a rebellion against the dictatorial and unjust rule of God.
Caine, an alternate spelling of the biblical Cain, and mythical first Vampire in the World of Darkness fictional universe; Caine, the antihero of the Heroes Die novel written by Matthew Stover; Caine the Longshot, a character in the manga and anime series Trigun; Caine, one of Corwin's brothers in The Chronicles of Amber series of fantasy novels
The Legacy of Cain (German: Das Vermächtnis Kains; sometimes translated as Heritage of Cain) is an unfinished cycle of novellas by the 19th-century Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. His original plan was to group various novellas into 6 volumes, each of which was titled according to its central theme; those are "Love", "Property ...
Originating from a planet under Zangyack's control, Luka and her friend Cain took care of orphans until her little sister Lia's death. This led Luka to leave their planet to secure funds. While making ends meet as a thief, Luka comes across Captain Marvelous and Joe Gibken, who save her during a failed heist and offer her the position of ...