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Mephistopheles
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Mephistopheles: see Faust Faust (foust), Faustus
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Mephistopheles, Mephisto
a devil in medieval mythology and the one to whom Faust sold his soul in the Faust legend

Mephistopheles
fiend to whom Faust sells his soul. [Ger. Lit.: Faust]
See : Devil

Mephistopheles
the cynical, malicious devil to whom Faust sells his soul. [Ger. Lit.: Faust, Payton, 436]
See : Evil


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