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Cain

also: Каин

The first son of Adam and Eve in Genesis, who murdered his brother Abel; invoked here in a euphemism for primeval nakedness.

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Mentioned in 8 works (10 mentions)

Poems and Dubia (school-age and disputed juvenilia) Juvenilia · 1 mention
Over Some Apples Stories · 1 mention
At the Mill Stories · 1 mention
In the Court Stories · 3 mentions
The Duel Stories · 1 mention
Unpublished. Unfinished [draft of] "The Beauties" Stories · 1 mention
The Cobbler and the Devil Stories · 1 mention
Three Years Stories · 1 mention

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