Deal with the Devil
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A deal with the Devil or Faustian bargain is a cultural trope exemplified most famously by the legend of Faust and the figure of Mephistopheles, as well as being elemental to many Christian traditions
Engraving of Faust's pact with Mephisto, by Adolf Gnauth (circa 1840)
Copy of a written deal by Christoph Haizmann from 1669.
Urbain Grandier's pact
Pope Sylvester II and the devil in an illustration of c. 1460.
Faust
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Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust. The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a deal wi
Deal with the Devil
…A deal with the Devil or Faustian bargain is a cultural trope exemplified most famously by the legend of Faust and the figure of Mephistopheles, as well as being elemental to many Christian traditions. According to traditional Christian belief about witchcraft…
Dr. Fausto by Jean-Paul Laurens
1876 'Faust' by Goethe, decorated by Rudolf Seitz, large German edition 51 cm × 38 cm (20 in × 15 in)
Pan Twardowski and the devil by Michał Elwiro Andriolli. The Polish folklore legend bears many similarities to the story of Faust.
Marlowe Faustus in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California