ID: 901000816 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000816	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Legend of Adam and Eve (Abrahamic religion narrative)

Note: The narratives surrounding the Old Testament characters Adam and Eve. In the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, the original human couple, parents of the human race. In the Bible there are two accounts of their creation. According to the Priestly (P) history of the 5th or 6th century BCE (Genesis 1:1–2:4). According to the lengthier Yahwist (J) narrative of the 10th century bce (Genesis 2:5–7, 2:15–4:1, 4:25), God, or Yahweh, created Adam at a time when the earth was still void, forming him from the earth’s dust and breathing “into his nostrils the breath of life.” God then gave Adam the primeval Garden of Eden to tend but, on penalty of death, commanded him not to eat the fruit of the “tree of knowledge of good and evil.” Subsequently, so that Adam would not be alone, God created other animals but, finding these insufficient, put Adam to sleep, took from him a rib, and created a new companion, Eve.

Names:

	Legend of Adam and Eve (Abrahamic religion narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Adamo ed Eva (Abrahamic religion narrative) (Italian-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament narratives> (P)
		............Legend of Adam and Eve (Abrahamic religion narrative) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Adam
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Adam (Abrahamic religion character)) [901000219]

	actor is .... Eve
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Eve (Abrahamic religion character)) [901000205]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (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)

	role/characteristic is .... origins stories (literary genre)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Legend of Adam and Eve (Abrahamic religion narrative)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 11I62(Adam & Eve), but not precisely same meaning
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Adamo ed Eva (Abrahamic religion narrative)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Adam and Eve," accessed 3 July 2017
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)