Editing Cain (section)

== Cultural portrayals and references ==
{{See also|Cain and Abel#Cultural references}}
* In the Old English classic poem ''[[Beowulf]]'' (c. 1000 CE), the monstrous [[Grendel]] and [[Grendel's mother|his mother]] are said to be descended from Cain.<ref name="deVries76"/>
*The expression "Cain-coloured beard" (Cain and [[Judas]] were traditionally considered to have red or yellow hair)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vRRJAAAAcAAJ&q=cain-colour&pg=PA126|title=A glossary; or collection of words, phrases, names and allusions to customs, proverbs, etc., which have been thought to require illustration in the works of English authors, particularly of Shakespeare, and his contemporaries |first=Robert|last=Nares|date=1859|publisher=John Russell Smith|access-date=2 September 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> is used in Shakespeare's ''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' (1602).<ref name="deVries76"/>
* [[Lord Byron]] rewrote and dramatized the story in the play ''[[Cain (play)|Cain]]'' (1821), viewing Cain as symbolic of a [[Four temperaments|sanguine temperament]], provoked by Abel's hypocrisy and sanctimony.<ref name="deVries76">{{cite book|last=de Vries|first=Ad|title=Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery|year=1976|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofsymb0000vrie/page/75 75]|publisher=North-Holland Publishing Company|location=Amsterdam|isbn=978-0-7204-8021-4|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofsymb0000vrie/page/75}}</ref>
* [[Victor Hugo]]'s poem "La Conscience" (1853, part of the ''[[La Légende des siècles]]'' collection) tells of Cain and his family fleeing from God's wrath.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olFboDm4bcgC&q=%22victor+hugo%22+cain&pg=PA70|title=A Victor Hugo Encyclopedia|first=John Andrew|last=Frey|date=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|via=Google Books|page=70|isbn=978-0313298967}}</ref>
* [[John Steinbeck]]'s 1952 novel ''[[East of Eden (novel)|East of Eden]]'' (also [[East of Eden (film)|a 1955 film]]) refers in its title to Cain's exile and contains discussions of the Cain and Abel story which then play out in the plot.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/16719/east-of-eden#articles-reviews |title=Pop Culture 101: East of Eden |access-date=2014-04-11|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>
*The [[Tabletop role-playing game|role-playing game]] ''[[Vampire: the Masquerade]]'' (1991) refers to vampires as "Cainites" after Cain, who is referred to as the first vampire.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rZ9clsv_L0EC&q=cain|title=The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead|first=J. Gordon|last=Melton|date=1 September 2010|publisher=Visible Ink Press|access-date=7 September 2018|via=Google Books|page=274|isbn=9781578593507}}</ref>
*Country music group [[4&nbsp;Runner]]'s song "[[Cain's Blood]]" (1995) uses Cain and Abel as a metaphor for the struggle between good and evil in the song's narrator.<ref>{{cite book|last=Van Scott|first=Miriam|title=The Encyclopedia of Hell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jKcVBSUqdZoC&pg=PA74|year=1999|publisher=Macmillan|page=74|isbn=978-0312244422}}</ref>
* A "Mark of Cain" is featured in the TV series ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'' (2005), and [[List of Supernatural characters#Cain|Cain appears as a character]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/supernatural-season-10-finale-save-dean-1201472869/|title='Supernatural': Misha Collins Teases 'Enormous Sacrifices' Ahead of Season Finale|first=Laura|last=Prudom|date=15 April 2015|magazine=Variety|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-supernatural-spinoffs-tv-ent-0713-20170711-story.html|title='Supernatural' spinoffs we'd love to see|first=Darcel|last=Rockett|date=11 July 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref>
* Cain appears as the ultimate antagonist of the comic book series ''[[The Strange Talent of Luther Strode]]'' (2011).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Zac |title=Luther Strode Returns In April's 'The Legacy of Luther Strode'|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3328853/luther-strode-returns-aprils-legacy-luther-strode/ |website=Bloody Disgusting! |access-date=28 January 2019 |date=20 January 2015}}</ref>
* In [[Darren Aronofsky]]'s [[Allegory|allegorical]] film ''[[Mother!]]'' (2017), the characters "Oldest Son" and "Younger Brother" represent Cain and Abel, respectively.<ref>{{cite news|author=Adam White|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/mother-meaning-spoilers-biblical-references-ending-explained/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/mother-meaning-spoilers-biblical-references-ending-explained/ |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Mother! explained|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=September 23, 2017|access-date=September 30, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[Tom Welling]] portrays Cain in the TV series ''[[Lucifer (TV series)|Lucifer]]''.
* Though credited as “Jack,” [[Henry Rollins]] portrays Cain in the film [[He Never Died]] (2015).