Abstract
The origin of the Faust myth, such as it appears in the Protestant "Volksbuch" of 1587 is ancient. It is already present in several late antique sources like the novel of Clement of Rome and the legends of Cyprian of Antioch and Theophilus of Adana. On the other hand, the history of Faust's myth continues well after the "Volksbuch", both in religion and in literature. Analysing several versions of Faust across the ages, the author intends to evince their religious content and to show that myth is nothing but a hollow narrative pattern which can be filled up at will with the most disparate messages. Consequently, myth should not be envisaged as a semantic, but as a merely narrative category.
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