In the first stanza of "Beowulf," Grendel's lineage is described as being descended from Cain, the biblical character who committed the first murder by slaying his brother Abel. This allusion to Cain serves to position Grendel and his mother as outcasts and evil beings, mirroring the biblical narrative of Cain's exile and curse.
ancestor-descendant sequence of populations.
lineage segments between nodes or between nodes and tips of the tree.
lineage segments between branching points and tips of the tree.
he has defeated many other giants and monsters in the past and comes from the good lineage of Cain .
Lineage is a noun.
lineage commitment
Lineage describes family background. The prince came from a royal lineage. Seamus is of an Irish lineage. Harry was not aware of his magical lineage until later in life.
Because all Greek gods trace their lineage back to a single point, Ares is related to all of the gods, titans and monsters in Greek mythology.
Genealogy is the study of lineage.
You are not black or white. You all are human, check your lineage .
lineage - descent, 'house', dynasty
Adaptive radiation is the term used to describe the process of a single lineage giving rise to multiple diverse forms in response to different selective pressures in different environments. This phenomenon often results in the development of distinct adaptations and ecological roles within the same lineage.