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ID: 901000205
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000205
Record Type: Character/Person

Eve (Abrahamic religion character)

Note: In the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, with Adam, forms the original human couple, parents of the human race.

Names:
Eve (Abrahamic religion character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
חוה (Abrahamic religion character) (Hebrew,U,N)
حواء (Abrahamic religion character) (Arabic,U,N)
Ḥaṿah (Abrahamic religion character) (undetermined,U,N)
Ḥawwāh (Abrahamic religion character) (undetermined,U,N)
Khavah (Abrahamic religion character) (undetermined,U,N)
Ḥawwāʼ (Abrahamic religion character) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Eve (Abrahamic religion character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Legend of Adam and Eve
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Legend of Adam and Eve (Abrahamic religion narrative)) [901000816]
is actor for .... Adam and Eve in the Garden of Paradise
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Legend of Adam and Eve (Abrahamic religion narrative), Adam and Eve in the Garden of Paradise (Abrahamic religion narrative)) [901000428]
is actor for .... Fall of Man
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Legend of Adam and Eve (Abrahamic religion narrative), Fall of Man (Abrahamic religion narrative)) [901001323]
is actor for .... Eve with the Serpent
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Legend of Adam and Eve (Abrahamic religion narrative), Eve with the Serpent (Abrahamic religion narrative)) [901000652]
consort/spouse of .... Adam
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Adam (Abrahamic religion character)) [901000219]
parent of .... Abel
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Abel (Old Testament character)) [901000498]
parent of .... Cain
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Cain (Old Testament character)) [901000499]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... religious character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Eve (Abrahamic religion character)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11I63(Eve)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 82025264
חוה (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
حواء (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Ḥaṿah (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Ḥawwāh (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Khavah (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Ḥawwāʼ (Abrahamic religion character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Adam and Eve," accessed 28 June 2017
................ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)

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