mephistopheles

     

Mephistopheles (also Mephistophilus, Mephistophilis, Mephostopheles, Mephisto an variants) is a name often given to one representation of the devil or Satan. It is also the name used for the demon in the Faust legend.

Trivia about mephistopheles

  • Thru many a metaphysical joust he tried to win the soul of Faust
  • Devilish name of the last movement of Liszt's "Faust Symphony"
  • Faust's fiendish foe(14)
  • Melbourne's Princess Theatre boasts the ghost of a singer who died after playing this devilish role in "Faust"
  • Satan, using this name, appears to Faust & agrees to give him youth in return for his soul
  • The tempter in Goethe's "Faust" goes by this 14-letter name
  • The current form of this 14-letter name for one of the 7 chief devils comes from Goethe's "Faust"

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