Mephistopheles, Child of Christian Civilization
Our next iconic avatar would naturally arrive on the scene near the end of 19th century as Dracula. However, the 1922 cult classic silent film Nosferatu made in breach of the Dracula copyright actually serves our heuristic purposes better. Although the stories are essentially the same, with the underlying incest theme discussed by anthropologist Robin Fox in The Tribal Imagination, the evil cleric finally looks like a sinister archpriest.
