faust or faustus is a character from german legendary stories. his name comes from a latin word meaning "lucky". the legend is about a man called faust. faust wants to have knowledge. he meets the devil. the devil tells faust he can have anything he wants. in return, the devil says, faust must give him his soul. faust agrees, and the devil lets faust have a wonderful time, but in the end faust has to go to hell.