Mephistopheles

Japanese: メフィストフェレス(英語表記)Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles
It is the name of the devil who appears in the German legend of Faust, and is called Mephostophiles in the Faustbuch, published in 1587. In his play Faust, Goethe delves literary into the popular medieval image of Mephistopheles, who makes a pact with Faust to fulfill Faust's desires with magical powers in exchange for his soul, and ultimately destroys him, giving him a more human, worldly, tactful, and cynical character.

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Japanese:
ドイツのファウスト伝説に現れる悪魔の名前で,1587年に出版された「ファウスト流布本」 Faustbuchのなかではメフォストフィレス Mephostophilesと呼ばれている。ゲーテは戯曲『ファウスト』のなかで,ファウストと契約し魂と交換に魔法の力でファウストの欲望を満たし,最後に破滅させてしまうという中世の通俗的なメフィストフェレス像を文学的に掘下げ,さらに人間臭い世慣れた如才なさ,シニカルな機知に富んだ性格を与えている。

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