Woland
Sign in to saveWoland () is a fictional character in the novel The Master and Margarita by the Russian (Soviet) author Mikhail Bulgakov, written between 1928 and 1940. Woland is the mysterious foreigner and professor whose visit to Moscow sets the plot rolling and turns the world upside-down.
Key facts
- Character.name
- Woland
- Character.image
- The Master and Margarita two.jpg
- Character.series
- The Master and Margarita
- Character.creator
- Mikhail Bulgakov
- Character.species
- Devil
- Character.occupation
- Professor of Black magic, historian, performing artist (claimed)
- Character.gender
- Male
- Character.nationality
- German (claimed)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary character
- Gender
- male
- Creator
- Mikhail Bulgakov
- Performer
- Ivan Ozhogin
- Image
- Профессор Воланд на сеансе чёрной магии в варьете.JPG
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- present in work
- The Master and Margarita
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Woland () is a fictional character in the novel The Master and Margarita by the Russian (Soviet) author Mikhail Bulgakov, written between 1928 and 1940. Woland is the mysterious foreigner and professor whose visit to Moscow sets the plot rolling and turns the world upside-down.
His demonic entourage, which includes witches, succubi, and a gigantic talking cat, his role in the plot, and the fact that Voland is a (now outdated) German word for a devil or evil spirit, all imply that he is, in fact, the Devil. More controversial interpretations see him as the Apostle Peter (based on Jesus’ remark to Peter, "Get thee behind me, Satan") or even the Second Coming of Christ.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Woland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.