#cAIN AND ABEL

[thetruemasterofgames]

If I remember correctly wasn't god less pussed at him over the murder and more that he tried to lie about it?

to be fair to Cain if nobody had ever died before and I didn't know it was possible I would probably also hit my brother over the head with a rock if he was being really annoying

[cyborgghost]

tragic fictional siblings... save me...

tragic fictional siblings

save me tragic fictional siblings

[literaturereads]

"And Cain says, “When you split me and my brother in the womb, you did not divide us evenly. He got kindness, and I got longing. He got complacence, and I got ambition. I want to kill him sometimes. I think sometimes he wants to die.”

- Nathaniel Orion, "Hevel"

[starry-eon]

poem excerpt by me | a uquiz i'm unable to find | Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper | Natalie Diaz, A Brother Named Gethsemane | tiktok | tumblr | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz | The Bible

[talesfromawannabewriter]

What is wrong with you Abel!?!?!?!?

Peter:

Abel? You know you can tell me anything. We're pals, aren't we?

Abel:

Yeah, but-

Peter:

I won't think of you any differently, just tell me what it is!

Abel:

Well... *whispers to him*

Peter's face to a thousand emotions, main ones being shock and probably disgust:

EUUGHH... YOU FUCK YOUR BROTHER???

(this was supposed to be an incorrect quote from that one Adam Sandler movie but i cant remember LMAO)

Fnandkdkskvakxg that would be a difficult one to digest for sure LOL

Poor Peter, he didn't ask for this

[dyouknowwhatimean-archive]

The vampire of Toledo Cathedral (or Cain's bite). Late 14th Century.

A rare representation of Cain and Abel's biblical story in which Cain kills Abel by biting him, instead of hitting him with a rock.

[neosatsuma]

[thismustbeso]

Everything Sad is Untrue, Daniel Nayeri / Cain Slaying Abel (~1640-1650), Gioacchino Assereto / The Sacrifice of Isaac (1616), Pedro Orrente / Crucified Christ (1896), Viktor Vasnetsov

[dandelionjack]

missy says “the doctor kills people too, i just enjoy it more. he’s the farmer, i’m the hunter, you know” and that makes me think she’s intimately aware of the sacrificial lamb paradigm. the lord is my shepherd. companions as beautiful little foals raised for the slaughter. with sorrow, of course, and remorse. the farmer loves every new creature in their flock with an emotional tenderness reserved for children and lovers. he’ll grieve when the butcher comes. he always does. but it’s inevitable. and you can always pretend your pet will live as long as you but fifty dog years are ten of your own. and when the time comes to put them down you’ll blame the vet. you’ll blame whoever has to bleed the calf. you’ll try not to blame yourself. after all, creatures in the wild alone lead such boring, listless lives. you’re showing them the wonders of the cosmos they’d never have seen with their normalcy-blinkered gaze. you’re doing them a favour. you’ll adopt another one. it will thank you as the light leaves its eyes.

but the hunter is evil, you say. the hunter kills willfully, the hunter stalks its prey, the hunter attacks with no mercy. instantly. painlessly, maybe. is that really so much worse?

after all, many moons ago, with a bloodied rock in his hands and the spectre of Death breathing down his neck, the hunter’s future had become the farmer’s first sacrifice. many moons ago, cain was the farmer and abel the hunter. and cain killed abel

[1-jar-of-stars]

Cain and Abel

joseph telushkin // Cain and Abel, Orazio Riminaldi // Silvina Ocampo tr. by Jason Weiss, Inscriptions Cain Read in Abel’s Eyes // unknown // Famous Blue Raincoat, Leonard Cohen

[kazimir29]

Adam and family

[morepeachyogurt]

Cain by José Saramago translation by Margaret Jull Costa

[rius-cave]

Cain was the first burnt pancake after all

[colleendoran]

Cain and Abel. From SANDMAN and HOUSE OF MYSTERY. Brush and ink.

[malinka624-hazbin]

[need-grows-teeth]

1. i'll give you the sun, jandy nelson/2. the bear (2022)/3. right now, gracie abrams/4. The haunting of hill house (2018)/5. I don't love anyone, belle and sebastian/6. rabbi joseph telushkin, jewish literacy/7. sucession (2023)/8. electra, sophocles/9. the bear (2018/10. sisters, holly warbutton & to my younger self, britton.