the Devil

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literary character mythological character religious figure supernatural being

The Devil is a supernatural embodiment of evil and temptation, commonly depicted in religious and literary traditions as a powerful adversary who bargains for human souls.

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AI-generated illustration of the Devil

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Devil (The Devil is a supernatural embodiment of evil and temptation, commonly depicted in religious and literary traditions as a powerful adversary who bargains for human souls.)

All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
the Devil canonical 61
The Devil 18
Devil 16

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary character ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ
religious figure ⓘ
supernatural being ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Iblis ⓘ
linked to: the Devil

Lucifer ⓘ
linked to: the Devil

Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil

Shaitan ⓘ
the Accuser ⓘ
linked to: the Adversary

the Adversary ⓘ
the Enemy ⓘ
the Evil One ⓘ
linked to: the Devil

the Father of Lies ⓘ
the Prince of Darkness ⓘ
the Prince of this World ⓘ
the Tempter ⓘ
appearsInGenre folktales ⓘ
medieval morality plays ⓘ
modern horror fiction ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
appearsInReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
various folk religions ⓘ
associatedWithConcept damnation ⓘ
evil ⓘ
hell ⓘ
pride ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
sin ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
centralToTheme damnation and salvation ⓘ
good versus evil ⓘ
temptation and fall ⓘ
describedAs enemy of humanity ⓘ
lord of hell ⓘ
powerful spiritual being ⓘ
ruler of demons ⓘ
engagesIn accusing believers ⓘ
making pacts for souls ⓘ
spiritual warfare ⓘ
tempting humans ⓘ
hasRole accuser ⓘ
adversary of God ⓘ
deceiver ⓘ
embodiment of evil ⓘ
tempter ⓘ
iconographicallyDepictedAs fallen angel ⓘ
figure with tail and pitchfork ⓘ
horned figure ⓘ
serpent ⓘ
influencedBy Christian theological development ⓘ
Jewish apocalyptic literature ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern demonology ⓘ
moralFunction illustrates consequences of sin ⓘ
personifies evil in narratives ⓘ
tests faith ⓘ
perceivedAs instigator of temptation ⓘ
opponent of divine will ⓘ
source of moral corruption ⓘ
subjectOf demonology ⓘ
literary analysis ⓘ
theological debate ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (135)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte → character → the Devil ⓘ
Wonders of the Invisible World → subject → Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
The Devil and Tom Walker → mainCharacter → the Devil ⓘ
Joost van den Vondel → notableWork → Lucifer ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Temptation of Jesus in the wilderness → hasParticipant → the devil ⓘ
subject linked to: temptation of Jesus in the wilderness
linked to: the Devil
the Dragon (Book of Revelation) → symbolizes → the devil ⓘ
subject linked to: the Dragon
linked to: the Devil
Warner Bros. Television → notableWork → Lucifer ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Surah Al-A'raf → mentions → Iblis ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Surah Al-Hijr → mentions → Iblis ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Peter Schlemihl → makesPactWith → the Devil ⓘ
Peter Schlemihl → sellsTo → the Devil ⓘ
the Devil → alsoKnownAs → Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
the Devil → alsoKnownAs → the Evil One ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
the Devil → alsoKnownAs → Iblis ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
the Devil → alsoKnownAs → Lucifer ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Doctor Faustus → hasCharacter → the Devil ⓘ
Young Goodman Brown → mainCharacter → the Devil ⓘ
Young Goodman Brown → antagonist → the Devil ⓘ
…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin → hasPart → “The Devil” ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Hell → hasAssociationWith → the Devil ⓘ
Hell → hasAssociationWith → Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Faust legend → hasAntagonist → the Devil ⓘ
Faust legend → hasAntagonist → Mephistopheles ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Tom Walker → makesPactWith → the Devil ⓘ
Tom Walker → ultimatelyPunishedBy → the Devil ⓘ
Great Controversy theme → hasKeyOpponents → Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Adam in Ballingschap → hasCharacter → Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
the false prophet → associatedWith → Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Paradise Lost → featuresCharacter → Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Paradise Regained → mainCharacter → Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Chris Messina → notableWork → Devil ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Mount of Temptation → traditionallyAssociatedWith → Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Paradise Lost → featuresCharacter → Satan ⓘ
subject linked to: Milton
linked to: the Devil
Last Days in the Desert → portraysCharacter → Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Monastery of the Temptation → associatedWithPerson → the Devil ⓘ
Address to the Deil → subject → Devil ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
The Devil and Daniel Webster → featuresFictionalCharacter → The Devil ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Tak Fujimoto → notableWork → Devil ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
From Eden → notableLyricReference → the Devil ⓘ
the Tempter → refersTo → the Devil ⓘ
the Tempter → refersTo → the Evil One ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Prince of Darkness → refersTo → Devil ⓘ
subject linked to: the Prince of Darkness
linked to: the Devil
Prince of Darkness → refersTo → the Evil One ⓘ
subject linked to: the Prince of Darkness
linked to: the Devil
the Adversary → refersTo → the Devil ⓘ
the Adversary → relatedConcept → the Devil ⓘ
the Enemy → refersTo → the Devil ⓘ
the Enemy → relatedTitle → the Evil One ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
Father of Lies → refersTo → Devil ⓘ
subject linked to: the Father of Lies
linked to: the Devil
Father of Lies → refersTo → the Evil One ⓘ
subject linked to: the Father of Lies
linked to: the Devil
Father of Lies → titleOf → Satan in Christian theology ⓘ
subject linked to: the Father of Lies
linked to: the Devil