Mephistopheles

Summary

Mephistopheles is a demon^[1]. He ranks in the top 9% of demon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (944 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mephistopheles's image is recorded as Mephistopheles2.jpg^[3].
• Mephistopheles is recorded as male^[4].
• Mephistopheles's instance of is recorded as demon^[5].
• Mephistopheles's instance of is recorded as folklore character^[6].
• Mephistopheles's instance of is recorded as literary character^[7].
• Mephistopheles's instance of is recorded as theatrical character^[8].
• Mephistopheles's instance of is recorded as devil in a work of fiction^[9].
• Mephistopheles's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151480411^[10].
• Mephistopheles's GND ID is recorded as 119060760^[11].
• Mephistopheles's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2018059940^[12].
• Mephistopheles's Commons category is recorded as Mephisto^[13].
• Mephistopheles's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017dzw^[14].
• Mephistopheles's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0041713^[15].
• Mephistopheles's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• Mephistopheles's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• Mephistopheles's described by source is recorded as Larousse Encyclopedia online^[18].
• Mephistopheles's described by source is recorded as Larousse Encyclopedia online^[19].
• Mephistopheles's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[20].
• Mephistopheles's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Mephistopheles^[21].
• Mephistopheles's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00546244^[22].
• Mephistopheles's derivative work is recorded as Mephisto^[23].
• Mephistopheles's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i87125^[24].
• Mephistopheles's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-74924^[25].
• Mephistopheles's Larousse ID is recorded as divers/Méphistophélès/132766^[26].
• Mephistopheles's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987008729765505171^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Mephistopheles include Mephisto Waltzes^[28], a musical work/composition^[29], founded in 1885^[30].

Why It Matters

Mephistopheles ranks in the top 9% of demon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (944 views/month).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] He is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for him include Mephisto Waltzes^[28], a musical work/composition^[29], founded in 1885^[30].