Sentence:  The conventional role of <WSD>Satan</WSD> in English mystery plays was the Trickster archetype adapted for a theatre that was both popular and religious but constrained by traditional Christian theology. / The <WSD>Satan</WSD> of the mystery plays was a Trickster, but a dignified one. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity and rules Hell; the Devil;  the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.