Cain and Abel

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

I was hoping this thread were about the meaning and origin of the legend, which actually is quite interesting.

My theory is it is an analogy about early man and the trouble that comes between farmers and cattlemen when land starts to become scarce. It seems to have happened in the history of every culture everywhere. Cattle destroy farmland and farmers take grazing land. A fight breaks out. In the long run the cowboys loose and are forced to change or go to worse lands to raise their cattle.