greek mythology
2007-08-13 12:19:47 · 10 answers · asked by johndeb326 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The name is associated with the Faust legend of a scholar who sold his soul to the demon Mephistopheles for knowledge, based on the historical Johann G. Faust. The name appears in the late 16th century Faust chapbooks. In the 1725 version which was read by Goethe, Mephostophiles is a devil in the form of a greyfriar summoned by Faust in a wood outside Wittenberg. In the 1616 edition of "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus", Mephostophiles became Mephistophilus.
Greek elements that may have played a part in the coining of the name, are Greek mē "not", phōs "light" and philos "lover".
2007-08-14 09:42:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of him in Greek Mythology, only in Johanne Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust". The name IS Greek for "he shuns the light" and is a reference to his hatred for goodness. Possibly more of a mystical origin (perhaps Chaldean?)!
2007-08-13 19:50:40 · answer #2 · answered by starkneckid 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mephistopheles: A manufactured name (possibly from three Greek words meaning "not loving the light") of a devil or familiar spirit which first appears in a late medieval Faust legend; he is described as the sneering, jeering, leering tempter in Goethe's Faust. He is mentioned by Shakespeare (Merry Wives, i, 1) and Fletcher
Mephostophilus, and in Marlowe's Faustus and Mephostopilis.
2007-08-13 20:05:01 · answer #3 · answered by Terry 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mephistopheles is Faustian, not Greek.
2007-08-13 19:31:56 · answer #4 · answered by Zimmia 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Magical Mister Mephistopheles was from Cats. He was the gayest of all the cats.
2007-08-13 21:53:42 · answer #5 · answered by icedchris330 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's spelled Mephistopheles. I don't know too much about it but I do know that's he's a demon(duh) if you want to know more about it go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles
2007-08-13 19:40:37 · answer #6 · answered by Morey F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No., its from the story FAust. He was a low demon who persuaded FAust to sell his soul to the Devil.
2007-08-13 19:45:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No he was never a part of Greek mythology...............................
2007-08-13 21:04:30 · answer #8 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What
2007-08-13 20:48:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are you talking about?
2007-08-13 19:25:10 · answer #10 · answered by Monkeybananas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋