The name Mephistopheles is a corrupted Greek compound. The Greek particle of negation (μή, … 展开

Mephistopheles is associated with the Faust legend of an ambitious scholar, based on the historical Johann Georg Faust. In the legend, Faust makes a deal with the devil at the price of his soul, Mephistopheles acting as the dev… 展开

Although Mephistopheles appears to Faustus as a demon – a worker for Lucifer – critics claim that he does not search for men to corrupt, but comes to serve and ultimately collect the souls of those who are already damned… 展开

William Shakespeare mentions "Mephistophilus" in The Merry Wives of Windsor (Act I, Scene I, line 128), and by the 17th century the name became independent of the Faust legend. 展开

• Beelzebub
• Devil in Christianity
• Prince of Darkness
• Satan
• Mephiskapheles, Ska band whose name is a play on Mephistopheles… 展开

• Russell, Jeffrey Burton (1986). Mephistopheles: The Devil in the Modern World (1990 reprint ed.). Ithaca, New York: Cornell. ISBN 978-0-8014-9718-6.
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von (2001). Hamlin, Cyrus (ed.). Fau… 展开