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.
Mephistopheles
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Mephistopheles, also known as Mephostophilis or Mephisto, is a demon featured in German folklore, originating as the chief devil in the Faust legend. He has since become a stock character appearing in
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, the pact is between a person and…
Mephistopheles by Paul Mathey, 1888
Mephistopheles flying over Wittenberg, in a lithograph by Eugène Delacroix
MEPHISTO_PHILES in the 1527 Praxis Magia Faustiana, attributed to Faust