Awan (religious figure)

Aclima (also Kalmana, Lusia, Cainan, Luluwa, Âwân) according to some religious traditions was the oldest daughter of Adam and Eve and the sister (in many sources, the twin sister) of Cain. This would make her the first woman to be born naturally.

states that after he had killed Abel, "Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch". In an effort to explain where Cain and Abel acquired wives, some traditional sources stated that each child of Adam and Eve was born with a twin who became their mate.

Aclima and Lusia

In Muslim tradition, Cain was born with a twin sister named Aclima, and Abel with a twin sister named Azura. Adam wished Cain to marry Abel's twin sister (Azura) and Abel to marry Cain's (Aclima). Cain did 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 to his twin sister Aclima, 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 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 '' Seder Hadorot'', Cain's twin sister is called ''Kalmana'', and Abel's twin sister called Balbira.Seder Hadorot 8a
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Cain's sister is named ''Kalmana'' in the '' Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius'' (first Greek redaction) II.1., and ''Calmana'' in the '' Golden Legend''. The poet Petrus Riga (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 '' Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan'', Cain's wife and twin is named Luluwa.

Âwân

According to the Book of Jubilees, Âwân (also Awan, Avan or Aven, from Hebrew אָוֶן ''aven'' "vice", "iniquity", "potency") was the wife and sister of Cain and the daughter of Adam and Eve.The Empowerment of Women in the Book of Jubilees - Page 17, Betsy Halpern Amaru - 1999

See also

*Incest in the Bible
*List of names for the biblical nameless

Notes

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Children of Adam and Eve
Women in the Old Testament apocrypha
Cain and Abel
Jewish mythology
Mythological people involved in incest