Aclima (also Kalmana, Lusia, Cainan, Luluwa, or Awan) according to some religious traditions was the oldest daughter of

Adam and Eve Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman. They are central to the belief that humanity is in essence a single family, with everyone descended from a single pair of original ancestors. ...

, the sister (in many sources, the twin sister) of

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 ...

. This would make her the first female human who was born naturally. states that after he had killed Abel, "Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore

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". In an effort to explain where Cain and Abel acquired wives, some traditional sources stated that each child of

was born with a twin who became their mate.

Aclima and Lusia

In Muslim tradition, Cain was born with a twin sister who was named Aclima, and Abel with a twin sister named Jumella. Adam wished Cain to marry Abel's twin sister, and Abel to marry Cain's. Cain would not consent to this arrangement, and Adam proposed to refer the question to God by means of a sacrifice. God rejected Cain's sacrifice to signify his disapproval of his marriage with Aclima, his twin sister, and Cain slew his brother in a fit of jealousy. In another Muslim tradition, Cain's twin sister was named Lusia, while Aclima was Abel's twin sister. In different sources, this name appears as ''Aclimah'', ''Aclimia'', ''Aclimiah'', ''Klimia''.Burrington, Gilbert. An Arrangement of the Genealogies in the Old Testament and Apocrypha: To which are Added, from the Same Authorities, a Selection of Single Names, and Chronological Tables of the Kings of Egypt, Syria, and Assyria: with Notes Critical, Philological, and Explanatory; and Copious Indexes, in Two Volumes. Vol. 1. Rivington, 1836. In the

Cave of Treasures The ''Cave of Treasures'' (Syriac ''M'drāth Gazzē'', Arabic ''Maghārat al-Kunūz'', Ge'ez ''Baʿāta Mazāgebet'' Tigrinya መዝገብ ገዛ ) sometimes referred to simply as ''The Treasure'', is an apocryphal and pseudoepigraphical work, th ...

she is called Qelima.

Kalmana or Calmana

Some sources in the Eastern Orthodox traditions give Cain's twin sister the name ''Calmana'', ''Calmanna'', ''Azrun'', or '' Azura''. In the Jewish work ''

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'', Cain's twin sister is called ''Kalmana'', and Abel's twin sister called Balbira.Seder Hadorot 8a
/ref> The sister of Cain was named ''Kalmana'' in the '' Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius'' (first Greek redaction) II.1., and ''Calmana'' in the ''

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''. The poet

Petrus Riga Petrus Riga (c. 1140 – 1209) was a French poet. He is known for his work ''Aurora'', which is a commentary on the Bible with emphasis on allegorical and moral interpretation. Although it has been called the verse Bible The Bible (from Ko ...

(1140–1209) included ''Calmana'' in his famous poem ''Aurora'', and this could have been a source for her appearance in Peter Comestor'sbr>''Historia Scholastica''
Comestor's Biblical narrative text then served as the standard textbook for Biblical education for centuries.

Cainan

In an Armenian work republished in 1966, Cain's twin sister was named Cainan. This short work does not mention Cain's marriage.

Luluwa

In the 6th-century apocryphal work

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, Cain's wife and twin is named Luluwa.

Awan

According to the

Book of Jubilees The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called Lesser Genesis (Leptogenesis), is an ancient Jewish religious work of 50 chapters (1,341 verses), considered canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church as well as Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews), where it is ...

, Awan (also Avan or Aven, from

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אָוֶן ''aven'' "vice", "iniquity", "potency") was the wife and sister of

and the daughter of

.The Empowerment of Women in the Book of Jubilees - Page 17, Betsy Halpern Amaru - 1999

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