Le Morte d'Arthur

Abel

Role: biblical man · First appears: Book XVII, Chapter V

Life events

  • Abel was begotten when Adam lay with Eve beneath the white tree.(Book XVII, Chapter V)
    • With: Adam Eve
    • “and in the same time that they medled together there was Abel begotten”
  • Caym slew Abel beneath the tree, causing it to turn red with blood.(Book XVII, Chapter V)
    • With: Caym
    • “And so it befell many days after, under the same tree Caym slew Abel”

Book XVII, Chapter V

  • parent: Adam (Adam is presented as Abel's father.) “But after God came to Adam, and bade him know his wife fleshly as nature required. So lay Adam with his wife under the same tree; and anon the tree which was white was full green as any grass, and all that came out of it; and in the same time that they medled together there was Abel begotten”
  • parent: Eve (Eve is presented as Abel's mother.) “But after God came to Adam, and bade him know his wife fleshly as nature required. So lay Adam with his wife under the same tree; and anon the tree which was white was full green as any grass, and all that came out of it; and in the same time that they medled together there was Abel begotten”
  • with Caym (Caym slew Abel.) “And so it befell many days after, under the same tree Caym slew Abel, whereof befell great marvel.”

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