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- Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub, The Antichrist, The Prince of Darkness. Why are there so many names for the devil, and what do they all mean?
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00:00 My fiendish friends
01:40 Satan
04:08 The Antichrist
05:03 Beelzebub
06:06 Lucifer
09:03 The Devil
09:49 Appearance
10:43 How the Devil has evolved
13:05 Mephistopheles
17:00 All the rest and devilish expressions