Cain and abel

'Cain and Abel' by Orazio Riminaldi, 17th century

Cain and Abel. In the novel, the Shaper sings of an "ancient feud between brothers which split the world between darkness and light."(Gardner 51). Grendel was part of the "dark side...the terrible race that God cursed"(Gardner 51). Even Grendel's mother presents herself as "guilty of some unremembered, perhaps ancestral kind." The curse put on the descendents of Cain contributes to the novel's theme of fate versus free will.

I have two younger brothers whom I love deeply. They were my best men at my wedding. I'm four years older than my younger brother and sometimes, like every once in a while, I might have employed mental warfare on him in order to get him to get me a cookie...but nothing that bad, so this st

Explore the profound lessons on faith, worship, sin, and redemption in the captivating story of Cain and Abel. Perfect for a Bible study.

Cain and Abel

— Inscriptions Cain Read in Abel’s Eyes, Silvina Ocampo, tr. Jason Weiss

I've never heard anyone else talk about this. Genesis 4 has a lot of lessons, but the dietary recommendations are ignored. Differe...

Republicans are fond of throwing the charge “class warfare” at anyone who seeks to reverse the rapid division of modern society into haves and have-nots. But the ancient story of Cain and Abel is a cautionary tale about the violence that class stratification inevitably brings, writes Rev. Howard Bes