Who is The Devil from Women Who Run with the Wolves and what is their importance?

Famous for being God's adversary and former "right hand man," the Devil makes at least two appearances during the book. The author does not go into how noticeable it is that the Devil, in his famous confrontation with God met with a very similar fate to the one Zeus meted out to his son, Hephaestus: Down and out he goes, to get his very own realm within which to exercise the power that truly is his own.