In an Iroquois story, twins -- Plant Boy and Flint are born. Flint in being born damages the mother so that she dies. Flint kills the animals: he is the hunting tradition. Plant Boy is the agrarian principle. -Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
In Torah, Jacob and Esau represents both extremes: one is the hunter and the other is the farmer.
The same can be said for Cain and Abel earlier in the Torah.
Maybe the same can be said for the members of your family.
In Torah, Jacob and Esau represents both extremes: one is the hunter and the other is the farmer.
The same can be said for Cain and Abel earlier in the Torah.
Maybe the same can be said for the members of your family.
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