Abel

Siblings: Cain, Seth, and Norea

**Abel** is the second son of Adam and Eve as well as the younger brother of Cain. Surprisingly little is known about his life and what he did during it, the most well known event was instead his death.

## Overview

One of the children of the children of God, and the more well loved among his parents and of the Almighty. He took on the occupation of a shepherd, and was seemingly very good at his job at herding the animals. Abel had a wife in his sister, Awan, who later became the wife of Cain. Due to his untimely death so early in his story, not much was known about Abel the person. Those who to claim to know the absolute truth are most likely lying in order to gain some sort of religious power that they do not deserve.

## Personality

The character of Abel is one that has puzzled researchers for centuries to come long after his death. Abel only ever interacted with the animals he shepherded and God, so only they would know what he is like. Due to God's appreciation of Abel's offerings compared to Cain's, the almost universal consensus is that Abel was a virtuous man who was unjustly killed by his brother. Through this, Cain was demonized which only flattered Abel's image more, which only served to demonize Cain further; this was a process that repeated for years on end.

However, recent quotes from Cain have changed some researchers minds about this topic, or at least has made more researchers reconsider their assumptions. Cain has stated that if it wasn't for him killing Abel that Abel would have killed him instead, that Abel was going to become a pet of Yaldabaoth if it wasn't for his murder. While this could be a fabrication, it does seem that Cain regretted killing his brother and therefore wouldn't make such a crass lie about someone he seemingly loved.

What Abel was like still remained a mystery however, with only theories and speculation left to fill the air.

## History

Abel was the second born son to Adam and Eve, birthed after their first son, Cain. When they grew older, Cain took up the job of gathering fruit with Adam, while Abel was occupied with shepherding their flock. Cain and Abel would constantly ask their parents to where they came from, but Adam and Eve would try and dodge the question. One day however, they realized they couldn't dodge the question any longer, an told their children the truth. They were told that they were created by Cain and Abel's grandfather, God, and that they were kicked out of the Garden of Eden after breaking the one rule they had.

Cain became furious from this revelation, and stormed out of the house with Abel not too far behind. They ended up finding their way out into a field, where Abel came up with a hypothetical. Abel stated that they could possibly call upon their grandfather by trying to offer Him something in the hopes to apologize and be let back into Eden, and with nothing better to do Cain took him up on this. Cain tried to offer some of the plants he collected, though God never arrived for him. Abel offered up one of the many lambs he shepherded, and seemingly got the attention of God. Though He did look off, Abel wasn't one to question things further, and watched his supposed grandfather consume Abel's offering.

From then on, Abel and God would hang out, which gave Abel more opportunities to give offerings to Him. Cain would repeatedly try to offer what he had to Him, though God would always reject it as He had already found His "chosen one". One day when Abel and God were talking, Cain came up to Abel's "God" and claimed that it wasn't the true God, but rather a false one named "Yaldabaoth". Abel's God denied this claim and quickly turned to Abel, asking him to offer up his brother as a new offering. Abel went along with this, asking Cain to trust him and his God as this was all apart of "God's plan".

A fight broke out between the two, with Cain desperately trying to end the fight without either of them dying, though as the fight went on it became more and more evident that wasn't the way it was going to end. Running out of options, Cain took a large stone he found on the ground and used it to smash Abel's head in, killing him almost instantly. Abel's blood then soaked into the Earth, cursing the very land they walked upon. Yaldabaoth considered this a good enough offering from Cain, and left him to stay in his sorrow.

After Cain killed Abel, an angel appeared to Eve and told her that Cain had killed Abel, something that Eve did not understand because she did not understand what death was. The angel then told her that "Abel does not see; does not hear; does not speak; does not breathe; does not feel and does not move".

## Myths and Legends

Abel is a figure from the Biblical *Book of Genesis* used by the various Abrahamic religions. Abel's name (הֶבֶל or Hébel) is composed of the same three consonants as a root meaning "breath" in Hebrew. His only noteworthy feature was when, in Genesis 4:1–16, he was killed by his older brother Cain. In Christianity, comparisons are often made between Abel and Jesus, that both were righteous men who were unjustly killed for their love of God, the only difference is that Jesus' blood brings mercy while Abel's blood demanded vengeance.

According to the *Apocryphon of John*, Abel was the offspring of Yaldabaoth and Eve.

## Quotes

*"Oh, sure. Precious, innocent, golden boy Abel. Couldn't hurt a single fly in his entire life. How on God's round Earth could that boy be bad? It wasn't like he was the one waiting to kill me and steal my wife and I had to kill him in self-defense or anything." - Cain about Abel.*

*"Our Father who art in Heaven... Forgive your little child for being so ruthless... Cain, that knife will be used on you. Do you defy me, brother? I think I'll have to kill you. Amen." - Abel to Cain.*

## Trivia

* Theologians have equated Abel with Osiris.