Abel (disambiguation)
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Abel
Cain and Abel
In the Hebrew Bible, Cain and Abel are two sons of Adam and Eve. The Qur'an mentions the story, calling them the two sons of Adam only....

is a younger brother of Cain in the Bible. They were the first mentioned sons of Adam and Eve. Cain's murder of Abel resulted in Abel being the first person to die.

Abel may also refer to:

Fictional characters

  • Abel (DC Comics), fictional character in DC Comics
  • Abel, character in the video game Street Fighter IV
  • Abel, character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting video game series
  • Abel, protagonist in W.H. Hudson's novel Green Mansions
    Green Mansions
    Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest is an exotic romance by William Henry Hudson about a traveller to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest dwelling girl named Rima.-Plot summary:...

  • Abel, Mabel's brother in the comic strip Motley's Crew

Places

  • Abel (crater)
    Abel (crater)
    Abel is an ancient lunar crater that lies near the southeast limb of the Moon's near side. It is located to the south of the crater Barnard, at the northwest edge of the Mare Australe....

    , on the Moon
  • Mount Abel (British Columbia)
    Mount Abel (British Columbia)
    Mount Abel is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located east of Woss and north of Sutton Peak....

    , Canada
  • Mount Abel, former name of Cerro Noroeste
    Cerro Noroeste
    Cerro Noroeste is a mountain located in Southern California's Kern County, a mile north of the Ventura County border. It is located a few miles southwest of the community of Pine Mountain Club, at an elevation of 8,280+ feet . The mountain is located in the Los Padres National Forest...

     in California
  • Abel Lake (New Zealand)
    Abel Lake (New Zealand)
    Abel Lake is a small lake in the Westland region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located in the Southern Alps, east of Franz Josef and is fed by the Abel Glacier. A short stream links the lake with the Perth River....

  • Abel, Alabama, a place in Cleburne County, Alabama

Science and technology

  • Abel (hominid)
    Abel (hominid)
    Abel is the name given to the only specimen ever discovered of Australopithecus bahrelghazali. Abel was found in January 1995 in Chad in the Kanem Region by the paleontologist Michel Brunet, who named the fossil "Abel" in memory of his close friend Abel Brillanceau, who had died of malaria in...

    , the name given to the only specimen ever discovered of Australopithecus bahrelghazali
  • Abel Prize
    Abel Prize
    The Abel Prize is an international prize presented annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. The prize is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel . It has often been described as the "mathematician's Nobel prize" and is among the most prestigious...

    , international prize for excellence in mathematics
  • Abel (programming language), object-oriented programming language created at HP Labs
  • Advanced Boolean Expression Language, hardware description language for developing programmable logic devices
  • Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning
    Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning
    Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning is a Canadian project that uses videoconferencing in schools as an educational resource. Important events such as guest speakers are broadcast to other schools that participate in the ABEL project. It is also used for students to talk to other schools and work...

    , Canadian project to use video conferencing in schools as an educational resource

Entertainment

  • Abel (album)
    Abel (album)
    Abel is an EP released by Unsraw on August 29, 2007. It is part of a dual-album release campaign with Kein. The pair of EPs are named after the biblical story of Cain and Abel.-Track listing:#"Social Faker" – 4:18#"Starving Moon" – 3:26...

    , EP by Japanese rock band Unsraw
  • Abel (film)
    Abel (film)
    Abel is a 1986 Dutch film directed by Alex van Warmerdam who also scripted and played the lead character. Other lead roles were played by Henri Garcin, Annet Malherbe and Olga Zuiderhoek. Supporting roles were played by Loes Luca and Arend Jan Heerma van Voss among others...

     (1986), Dutch film by Alex van Warmerdam
  • Abel, Inc., Japan-based Dreamcast video game developer and publisher, founded in 1997

See also

  • Abelson
    Abelson
    Abelson, originating from both Swedish and Yiddish, and derived from the name Abel, is the surname of:* Alan Abelson , American journalist* Hal Abelson, American computer scientist* Jeremy Abelson, American Entrepreneur* John Abelson Abelson, originating from both Swedish and Yiddish, and derived...

    , a surname
  • Abell (disambiguation)
  • Abele (disambiguation)
    Abele (disambiguation)
    Abele is a small village or hamlet in the city of Poperinge, in the Belgian province of West-Flanders.Abele may also refer to:* Abele * Abelé, a Champagne house* USS Abele , an American Ailanthus-class net laying ship...

  • Abels (disambiguation)
  • Abelian (disambiguation)
  • Able (disambiguation)
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