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Mephistopheles

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Mephistopheles
Eugène Delacroix · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Mephistopheles is a demon[1]. He ranks in the top 9% of demon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,822 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sex or gender: male[3]
  • Instance of: folklore character[4], literary character[5], theatrical character[6], devil in a work of fiction[7]
  • Commons category: Mephisto[8]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Larousse Encyclopedia online[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[12]
  • Derivative work: Mephisto[13]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Mephistopheles include Mephisto Waltzes[14], a musical work/composition[15], founded in 1885[16].

Why It Matters

Mephistopheles has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] He is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for him include Mephisto Waltzes[14], a musical work/composition[15], founded in 1885[16].

Related Entities

William Godwin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Larousse Encyclopedia online +2
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