The Mabinogion

Cain

Role: son of Adam and Eve · First appears: TALIESIN 4

Life events

  • Eve gives birth to Abel and Cain, with Cain identified as the homicide.(TALIESIN 4)
    • With: Eve Abel
    • “And once, not hidden, She brought forth Abel, And Cain the forlorn, The homicide.”

TALIESIN 4

  • parent: Eve (Eve gives birth to Cain.) “And once, not hidden, She brought forth Abel, And Cain the forlorn, The homicide.”
  • parent: Adam (Adam and Eve are the parents referred to as bringing forth their sons and daughters.) “Thence were they driven, Cold and shivering, To gain their living, Into this world. To bring forth with pain Their sons and daughters, To have possession Of Asia's land. ... And once, not hidden, She brought forth Abel, And Cain the forlorn, The homicide.”
  • siblings with Abel (Abel and Cain are presented as children born together to Eve.) “And once, not hidden, She brought forth Abel, And Cain the forlorn, The homicide.”

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