Cain
Cain ''Káïn''; ar, قابيل/قايين, Qābīl/Qāyīn is a Biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He is the elder brother of Abel, and the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, the first couple within the Bible. He wa ...
is the first son of Adam and Eve in the Bible.
Cain may also refer to:
People
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Cain (surname)
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Cain Madden (born 1996), American football player
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Cain Velasquez (born 1982), Mexican American mixed martial arts fighter and 2010 UFC Heavyweight Champion
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
* Cain, the decoy assassin in Robert Ludlum's ''
The Bourne Identity''
* Cain, the Green Planet mage from ''
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar''
* Cain, main antagonist from the 1990 film ''
RoboCop 2''
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Cain and Abel (comics)
Cain and Abel are a pair of fictional characters in the DC Comics universe based on the biblical Cain and Abel. They are key figures in DC's "Mystery" line of the late 1960s and 1970s, which became the mature-readers imprint, Vertigo, in 1993.
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, most notably seen in ''The Sandman'' series and ''House of Mystery''
* Cain C. Hargreaves, a character from Kaori Yuki's manga: ''
Godchild
In infant baptism and denominations of Christianity, a godparent (also known as a sponsor, or '' gossiprede'') is someone who bears witness to a child's christening and later is willing to help in their catechesis, as well as their lifelong ...
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Cain Dingle, ''Emmerdale'' character
* Cain Marko, name of the Marvel character
Juggernaut
A juggernaut (), in current English usage, is a literal or metaphorical force regarded as merciless, destructive, and unstoppable. This English usage originated in the mid-nineteenth century and was adapted from the Sanskrit word Jagannath.
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Cassandra Cain
Cassandra Cain (also known as Cassandra Wayne and Cassandra Wu-San) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Created by Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott, Cassan ...
, name of the DC Comics character Batgirl
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Ciaphas Cain, character from the ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe
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Cogliostro, born as Cain, brother and killer of Abel, a supporting character in Todd McFarlane's ''Spawn'' comic series
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Commander Cain, of the Battlestar Pegasus in ''Battlestar Galactica''
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David Cain (character), father of the DC Comics character Batgirl/Cassandra Cain
* Strider Cain, a character from the ''Strider'' franchise; See ''
Strider Hiryu''
Other arts and entertainment
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Cain (American band)
Cain (stylized in all caps) is a Christian country trio composed of Taylor, Madison, and Logan Cain and signed to Provident Label Group.
Origin
Taylor, Madison and Logan Cain grew up in Alabama, where their dad was a pastor. They were hom ...
, an American Christian country band
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Cain (Italian band)
Cain is an Italian black/thrash metal band formed and based in Rome. In 2007, their first studio album, ''Triumvira'', was released through Vampyria Records. It was well received by the critics; Italian webzine ''TrueMetal.it'' awarded it a 79 ...
, an Italian black metal band
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''Cain'' (novel), the final novel by Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago
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''Cain'' (play), an 1821 play by Lord Byron
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''Cain'' (1918 film), a German silent film
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''Caín'' (film), a 1984 Colombian drama directed by Gustavo Nieto Roa
Other uses
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Cain (software)
Cain and Abel (often abbreviated to Cain) was a password recovery tool for Microsoft Windows. It could recover many kinds of passwords using methods such as network packet sniffing, cracking various password hashes by using methods such as dictio ...
, network packet analyzing software
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Conflict Archive on the Internet
CAIN (Conflict Archive on the Internet) is a database containing information about Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present. The project began in 1996, with the website launching in 1997. The project is based within Ul ...
(CAIN), a website documenting the Northern Irish 'Troubles'
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Mount Cain
Mount Cain is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located east of Woss
Woss, also commonly known as Woss Lake after the nearby lake of the same name, is a small village in the Nimpkish Valley, located southeast of Port M ...
, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Cain's Ballroom, a music venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US
* Cain, a cigar brand made by
Oliva Cigar Co.
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Caine (disambiguation)
Caine may refer to:
People
* Caine (surname), a name (including a list of people with the surname)
Fictional entities
* Caine Soren, a character in the novel series '' Gone'' by Michael Grant
* Caine, an alternate spelling of the biblical Cain, ...
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Cane (disambiguation)
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Cayne (disambiguation) Cayne may refer to:
* James Cayne
James E. "Jimmy" Cayne (February 14, 1934 – December 28, 2021) was an American businessman and CEO of Bear Stearns. In 2006, he became the first Wall Street chief to own a company stake worth more than $1 bil ...
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Kain (disambiguation)
Kain may refer to:
*Kain (given name)
*Kain (surname)
*Kain Department, a department in the Yatenga Province of Burkina Faso
*Mount Kain, a mountain in the Fraser River Valley of Mount Robson Provincial Park, Canada
* Kaïn, a folk rock group from ...
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Kane (disambiguation)
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