Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about MEPHISTOPHELES!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: mephistopheles is a demon featured in german folklore . he originally appeared in literature as the demon in the Faust legend . the name can also be a combination of three Greek words: many authors have used the name, from Christopher Marlowe to Goethe . in 1616 edition of marlowe’s The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, Mephostophiles became Mephis in later treatments of the Faust material, Mephistopheles frequently figures as a title character . there are many parallels with the character of Mephistophiles and the character Lord Henry Wotton he warns Faustus of the choice he is making by “selling his soul” to the devil . farnham adds: “…[faustus] enters an ever-present private hell ISBN 978-0-8014-9718-6. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von (2001). Hamlin, Cyrus (ed.). Faust: A Tragedy ; Interpretive Notes, Con ISBN 978-0-393-97282-5. Ruickbie, Leo (2009). Faustus: The Life and Times of a Renaissance Magician. Stroud, UK: History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5090-9.