Doctor Faustus (play)
Videos
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about a scholar w
Portrait of Doctor Faustus
The Devil and Doctor Faustus Meet
Mephistopheles
Videos
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
Doctor Faustus (play)
…name is generally "Mephistopheles", while the version of text B commonly states "Mephostophilis". The name of the devil is in each case a reference to Mephistopheles in Faustbuch, the source work, which appeared in English translation in about 1588. The relationship between the texts is uncertain and many modern…
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
Engraving of Faust's pact with Mephisto, by Adolf Gnauth (circa 1840)