Faust legend
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The Faust legend is a classic European tale about a scholar who makes a pact with the Devil, trading his soul for knowledge, power, or worldly pleasures, and suffering tragic consequences.
Aliases (1)
- Faust ×2
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European legend
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cautionary tale → cultural motif → legend → |
| associatedWithGenre |
folklore
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morality tale → myth → tragedy → |
| centralTheme |
bargain for knowledge
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bargain for power → bargain for worldly pleasure → consequences of overreaching ambition → damnation → hubris → limits of human knowledge → moral responsibility → pact with the Devil → temptation → |
| culturalImpact | provided the term "Faustian" for morally compromising ambition → |
| developedFrom | stories about Johann Georg Faust → |
| hasAdaptation |
Arrigo Boito
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surface form: "Arrigo Boito's opera Mefistofele"
Charles Gounod →
surface form: "Charles Gounod's opera Faust"
Christopher Marlowe →
surface form: "Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus"
Faust, Part One →
surface form: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust"
many film adaptations → many modern literary retellings → many theatrical adaptations → |
| hasAntagonist |
the Devil
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surface form: "Mephistopheles"
the Devil → |
| hasMainCharacter |
Faust legend
→
surface form: "Faust"
Faust, Part One →
surface form: "Faustus"
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| hasMoral |
warning against making deals with the Devil
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warning against unchecked ambition → warning against valuing power over morality → |
| hasOutcome |
loss of the soul
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tragic consequences → |
| influencedConcept |
Faustian bargain
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Faustian pact → |
| influencedWork |
Doctor Faustus
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surface form: "Doctor Faustus (novel)"
Faust, Part Two →
surface form: "Faust: Der Tragödie zweiter Teil"
Faust, Part One →
surface form: "Faust: Eine Tragödie"
Historia von D. Johann Fausten → The Master and Margarita → Doctor Faustus (opera) →
surface form: "The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus"
various films → various operas → various plays → |
| originatesIn | German folklore → |
| setIn | Germany in many versions → |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | early modern period → |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Faust"
this entity surface form: "Faust"