The Devil's Contract

The Devil's Contract is an ancient belief that mortals can sell their soul to Satan (or a powerful demon) in exchange for mortal wealth and power at the cost of being damned to spend the rest of eternity in Hell (or a similar dimension) : the belief in these Contracts allowed the infamous Witch-Trails that massacred many innocent people and has since entered popular culture as one of the most well-known Satanic tropes in media.