The novel alternates between three settings. The first is 1930s Moscow, which is visited by Satan in the guise of Woland (Воланд), a mysterious gentleman "magician" of uncertain origin, who arrives with a retinue that includes a grotesquely dressed "ex-choirmaster" valet Fagotto (Фагот, the name means "bassoon" in Russian and some other languages) , a mischievous, gun-happy, fast-talking black cat Behemoth (Бегемот, a subversive Puss in Boots), a fanged hitman Azazello (Азазелло, a hint to Azazel), a pale-faced Abad ...

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The Master and Margarita, The Master and Margarita - History, The Master and Margarita - The novel: settings themes and narrative style, The Master and Margarita - Art and women in the novel, The Master and Margarita - English translations, The Master and Margarita - Influence, The Master and Margarita - TV and Film adaptations

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The Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity, who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. This entity is commonly referred to by a variety of other names, including Satan, Asmodai, Beelzebub, Lucifer and/or Mephistopheles. In classic demonology, however, each of these alternate names refers to a specific supernatural entity, and there is significant disagreement as to whether any of these specific entities is actually evil. The English word devil, from the Middle English devel, from Old Eng ...

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Various authors and filmmakers have created dramatic portrayals of Jesus and his life. Many wanted to portray an accurate depiction of what his life is believed to have been like, while others have used the persona of Jesus as a narrative device to make a literary point and develop a story's theme. Because of the devotion of many people to the idea of Jesus, portrayals of him in works of fiction have been, almost without exception, fraught with controversy. Film portrayals of Jesus have, in particular, attracted protests and cr ...

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Azazel (Hebrew: עזאזאל, Arabic: عزازل azazil) is an enigmatic name from the Hebrew scriptures, possibly referring to a fallen angel or Satan. The word's first appearances are in Leviticus 16, when in the ritual for Yom Kippur the scapegoat is to be taken to Azazel and cast into the wilderness, but this text by itself is unclear as to the actual identity of Azazel. The Talmud (Yoma 67b) and later commentators maintain Azazel was the name of the precipitous cliff where the goat met its end. This version is cited by Biblical commentator Rashi and it is considered ...

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• Azazel - Azazel in Islam
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• Azazel - Dictionnaire Infernal - Collin de Plancy 1863 paraphrased
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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominations
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Behemoth (Hebrew בהמות Bəhēmôth, Behemot, B'hemot "Beasts; animals"; Arabic بهيموث Bahīmūth or بهموت Bahamūt) is the untranslated name of a creature mentioned in the Book of Job, 40:15-24. Most probably, בהמות bəhēmôth is plural for בהמה bəhēmāh, meaning "animals" in Hebrew, this structure (pluralis excellentiae, used to express greatness by means of pluralizing the noun) indicates that behemoth is the largest and most powerful animal. ...

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In the Greek of the New Testament, Judas Iscariot is called Ιουδας Ισκαριωθ (Ioudas Iskariôth) and Ισκαριωτης (Iskariôtês). "Judas" is the Greek form of the common name Judah (יהודה, Yehûdâh, Hebrew for "praised"). In English translations of the Bible is also found the name Jude, however there is no such distinction in the original Greek or in the Latin Vulgate translation. King David united the Kingdom of Israel and King Solomon built the First Temple, however the kingdom split into two in ...

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Judas Iscariot, Judas Iscariot - Traditional Christian views, Judas Iscariot - Theological questions, Judas Iscariot - Philosophical questions, Judas Iscariot - Modern interpretations, Judas Iscariot - Etymology of Judas Iscariot, Judas Iscariot - Judas in hymnography, Judas Iscariot - Judas in the Gospel of Barnabas, Judas Iscariot - Judas and Anti-Semitism, Judas Iscariot - Judas in art and literature, Judas Iscariot - Trivia

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The song, credited to Jagger/Richards, is sung with vehemence and swagger by Mick Jagger as a first-person narrative and commentary from the point of view of a suave and sophisticated Lucifer. It is often claimed that the lyrics were inspired by The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. At the beginning of Bulgakov's novel, an elegant stranger, later revealed to be Satan, says: "'Please excuse me,' he said, speaking correctly, but with a foreign accent, 'for presumin ...

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Sympathy for the Devil, Sympathy for the Devil - The song, Sympathy for the Devil - Film, Sympathy for the Devil - References to the song, Sympathy for the Devil - Covers and remixes, Sympathy for the Devil - Track listing

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Little enough is still known about Pilate, but mythology has filled the gap. A body of fiction built up around the dramatic figure of Pontius Pilate, about whom the Christian faithful hungered to learn more than the canonical gospels revealed. Eusebius (Historia Ecclesiae book ii: 7), quotes some early apocryphal accounts that he does not name, which already relate that Pilate fell under misfortunes in the reign of Caligula (AD 37 - 41), was exiled to Gaul and eventually committed suicide there, in Vienne. Other details come from less ...

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During his life, Bulgakov was best known for the plays he contributed to Konstantin Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theatre. They say that Stalin was fond of the play Days of the Turbins (Дни Турбиных), which was based on Bulgakov's phantasmagoric novel The White Guard. His dramatization of Moliere's life in The Cabal of Hypocrites is still run by the Moscow Art Theatre. Even after his plays were banned from the theatres, Bulgakov wrote a grotesquely funny comedy about Ivan the Terrible's visit into 1930s Moscow and ...

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Socialist realism was the officially approved type of art in the Soviet Union for nearly sixty years. Communist doctrine decreed that all material goods and means of production belonged to the community as a whole. This included works of art and the means of producing art, which were also seen as powerful propaganda tools. During the October Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks established a movement called Proletkult (the Proletarian Cultural and Enlightenment Organizations) which soug ...

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The publication of The Satanic Verses in September 1988 caused immediate controversy in the Islamic world due to its allegedly irreverent depiction of the prophet Muhammad. India banned the book on October 5; South Africa banned it on November 24. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Somalia, Bangladesh, Sudan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Qatar followed within weeks. The book was ceremonially burned in Bradford, England, on January 14, 1989. On February 12, ...

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During his life, Bulgakov was best known for the plays he contributed to Konstantin Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theatre. They say that Stalin was fond of the play Days of the Turbins (Дни Турбиных) (1926), which was based on Bulgakov's novel The White Guard. His dramatization of Moliere's life in The Cabal of Hypocrites (Кабала святош) is still run by the Moscow Art Theatre. Even after his plays were banned from the theatres, Bulgakov wrote a grotesquely funny comedy about Ivan the Terrible's visit i ...

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Mikhail Bulgakov, Mikhail Bulgakov - Biography, Mikhail Bulgakov - Early works, Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov - Famous catch-phrases, Mikhail Bulgakov - Bibliography, Mikhail Bulgakov - Short stories, Mikhail Bulgakov - Plays, Mikhail Bulgakov - Novels

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Devil - Christianity. Christianity understands the Devil in the context of the Old Testament. Unlike Manichaeism which teaches a coeval dualism, Christians see the devil as a corrupted or fallen angel. He was Lucifer, an angel in authority before the Creation (theology) who fell because of pride and because he waged a war against God. The key fact in understanding the devil is that he was originally a holy being who was corrupted by pride.

Devil, Devil - Concept of the devil in world religions, Devil - Christianity, Devil - Islam, Devil - Judaism, Devil - No concept of the devil in Hinduism, Devil - Ayyavazhi, Devil - Buddhism, Devil - Names of the devil, Devil - The original names, Devil - Further development, Devil - In Christian tradition, Devil - The devil in literature, Devil - The devil in music, Devil - The devil in film and television, Devil - The devil in video games, Devil - Bibliography

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Although a distinction is frequently made between heterochromia that affects an eye completely or only partially, it is often classified as either congenital or acquired with mention as to whether the affected iris or portion of the iris is darker or lighter. Heterochromia - Congenital heterochromia. Heterochromia that is congenital is usually inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Abnormal iris darker Lisch nodules - iris hamartomas seen in neurofibromatosis. O ...

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The Big Read was imported into Hungary under the name A Nagy Könyv (lit. "The Big Book", [3]) and took place in 2005. Voting for the Top 100 began in late February: one was allowed to vote for any novel published in Hungarian. It ended on April 23, when the 50 "foreign" and 50 Hungarian most popular novels were selected. 1400 libraries, 500 book shops and 1300 schools participated in the competition with various programmes. This round proved to be far more popular in Hungary (with a population of 10 million) than in the U.K. ( ...

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Big Read, Big Read - Results, Big Read - German version, Big Read - Results, Big Read - Hungarian version, Big Read - Top 12

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Faust - Drama. Anonymous - Historia von D. Iohan Fausten (1587) Jacob Bidermann - Cenodoxus (1602) Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1604~1610) Gotthold Lessing's play, Doktor Faustus, mentioned in a contribution to a magazine (1759), but otherwise left unfinished, but finally collected and posthumously published in incomplete form in (1784) Dorothy L. Sayers's The Devil to Pay Johann Wolfgang von Goe ...

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Faust, Faust - Historical origins, Faust - Works which retell or allude to the Faust tale, Faust - Drama, Faust - Opera, Faust - Music, Faust - Poetry, Faust - Prose fiction, Faust - Science fiction, Faust - Movies, Faust - Musicals, Faust - Anime and manga, Faust - Video Games, Faust - Comic books, Faust - Nonfiction, Faust - Pen name, Faust - Sources

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Self-published and self-distributed literature has a long history, but samizdat is a unique phenomenon in the post-Stalin USSR and other countries with similar socio-economic systems. Under the grip of censorship of police state these societies used underground literature for self-analysis and self-expression. [2] At the outset of the Khrushchev Thaw in the mid-1950s USSR, poetry became very popular and writings of a wide variety of known, prohibited, repressed, as well as young and unkno ...

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The Wotch - The Main Three. Anne Onymous – Anne Onymous was a completely normal high school girl until she found a magical flute at Band Camp. As she held it in her hand, she was told that she was the latest in the Wotch line. She is still inexperienced, and this inexperience has caused many of the crazy events in Tandy Gardens. At first, she made sure to keep her secret away from everyone except her older brother/younger sister, until Jason Grey, with his boundless redhead obsession, accidentally ...

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The Wotch, The Wotch - Characters, The Wotch - The Main Three, The Wotch - Important Others, The Wotch - Other Characters, The Wotch - Other Dimensions, The Wotch - Spells Objects and Anomalies, The Wotch - Spin-offs

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In the book of Job, both Behemoth and Leviathan are listed alongside a number of other animals that are clearly mundane, such as goats, eagles, and hawks, leading many Christian scholars to surmise that Behemoth and Leviathan may also be mundane creatures. Suggestions as to its identity include the water buffalo and the elephant, but the most common suggestion is the hippopotamus. Some readers also see a hippopotamus also in Isai ...

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