Wagner (Faustus’s servant)
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Wagner is a minor character in the Faust legend, typically portrayed as Doctor Faustus’s loyal but somewhat comical servant and assistant.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wagner (Faustus’s servant) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9111200 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wagner (Faustus’s servant) Context triple: [Doctor Faustus (opera), hasSourceCharacter, Wagner (Faustus’s servant)]
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A.
Méphistophélès
Méphistophélès is a demonic figure from the Faust legend, typically portrayed as the cunning tempter who bargains for human souls.
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B.
Mephisto
Mephisto is a 1936 novel by Klaus Mann that satirically portrays an opportunistic actor’s moral corruption under Nazi Germany.
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C.
Heinrich Faust
Heinrich Faust is the tormented scholar who makes a pact with the devil Mephistopheles in Goethe’s tragic drama, embodying the human struggle for knowledge, meaning, and fulfillment.
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D.
Alberich
Alberich is a figure from Germanic and Norse legend, often depicted as a powerful dwarf or elf associated with treasure and magical knowledge.
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E.
Mephisto Pheles
Mephisto Pheles is a powerful, enigmatic demon and high-ranking exorcist who serves as a key manipulator and overseer of events in the manga and anime series Blue Exorcist.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wagner (Faustus’s servant) Target entity description: Wagner is a minor character in the Faust legend, typically portrayed as Doctor Faustus’s loyal but somewhat comical servant and assistant.
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A.
Méphistophélès
Méphistophélès is a demonic figure from the Faust legend, typically portrayed as the cunning tempter who bargains for human souls.
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B.
Mephisto
Mephisto is a 1936 novel by Klaus Mann that satirically portrays an opportunistic actor’s moral corruption under Nazi Germany.
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C.
Heinrich Faust
Heinrich Faust is the tormented scholar who makes a pact with the devil Mephistopheles in Goethe’s tragic drama, embodying the human struggle for knowledge, meaning, and fulfillment.
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D.
Alberich
Alberich is a figure from Germanic and Norse legend, often depicted as a powerful dwarf or elf associated with treasure and magical knowledge.
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E.
Mephisto Pheles
Mephisto Pheles is a powerful, enigmatic demon and high-ranking exorcist who serves as a key manipulator and overseer of events in the manga and anime series Blue Exorcist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic servant
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ servant ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Faust legend
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The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
linked to:
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
|
| appearsInAct |
Act 1 of Doctor Faustus (Marlowe)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
Act 2 of Doctor Faustus (Marlowe) ⓘ
linked to:
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
Act 4 of Doctor Faustus (Marlowe) ⓘ
linked to:
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
|
| assistantTo |
Doctor Faustus
ⓘ
linked to:
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
|
| associatedWith |
magic
ⓘ
scholarship ⓘ |
| basedOn | servant figure in Faust chapbooks ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
comical
ⓘ
cowardly ⓘ loyal ⓘ opportunistic ⓘ |
| createdBy | Christopher Marlowe ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | European literature ⓘ |
| employerOf |
Doctor Faustus
ⓘ
linked to:
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
|
| fictionalUniverse | Faust universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (c. 1588–1592)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
|
| genre | Renaissance tragedy character ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
scholar’s assistant
ⓘ
servant ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Clown
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Scholars ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Doctor Faustus
ⓘ
linked to:
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
|
| medium |
drama
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| nameVariant | Faustus’s servant Wagner ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to contrast with Faustus’s tragic ambition
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to provide exposition about Faustus ⓘ |
| partOf | Faust tradition ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
comic relief
ⓘ
servant and assistant to Faustus ⓘ |
| roleInWork | minor character ⓘ |
| servantOf |
Doctor Faustus
ⓘ
linked to:
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
|
| sometimesDepictedAs |
Faustus’s successor
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aspiring magician ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | late 16th century ⓘ |
| usedFor | comic scenes ⓘ |
| uses | learned language ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wagner (Faustus’s servant) Description of subject: Wagner is a minor character in the Faust legend, typically portrayed as Doctor Faustus’s loyal but somewhat comical servant and assistant.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.