Adamslegende

Adamslegende, title given to a Middle High German poem of nearly 4, 000 lines, the author of which gives his name as Lutwin. He was probably a cleric and a native of Austria, and wrote the poem early in the 14th c. It deals with the life of Adam and Eve after their expulsion from the Garden, recounting their attempts to conciliate God. Adam receives an olive branch and the assurance of salvation when it bears fruit. The fruit is Christ, for of this tree the Cross will be made. The source of the poem is a Latin Vita Adae et Evae.