This paper was originally being researched in relation to Tubal Cain, in an effort to establish why he is included in a small way in the third degree.
It became more widely focused through a number of factors.
These included a suggestion that Tubal Cain may have been an ancestor of Hiram Abif, a most important figure to Freemasons. This idea was generated by a legend attributed to Rosacrucians.
