Devil, The

Devil, The
   In Judeo-Christian mythology, this is the being which possesses all evil, controls all evil and is the enemy of mankind.
   Also called Satan, Mephistopheles, Old Scratch, Lucifer and Beelzebub. See Ahriman.

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