Botis, sometimes Otis, is a
demon described in the ''
Lesser Key of Solomon
''The Lesser Key of Solomon'', also known as ''Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis'' or simply ''Lemegeton'', is an anonymous grimoire on demonology. It was compiled in the mid-17th century, mostly from materials a couple of centuries older.''Lemeget ...
'' (as the seventeenth spirit) and the ''
Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'' (as the ninth spirit) as a President and an Earl who initially appears as a viper before changing into a sword-toting, fanged, and horned human who discusses matters past, present, and future; brings favor from allies and enemies, and rules 60 legions of demons.
In the ''
Munich Manual of Demonic Magic'', Botis appears as Otius, and is mostly identical except that he is a ''preses'' and Count, appears in the more humanoid form to begin with, and rules only 36 legions of demons. In the ''
Grand Grimoire'', Botis appears as a subordinate of Agaliarept.
According to Rudd, Botis is opposed by the
Shemhamphorasch
''Shem HaMephorash'' ( he, שֵׁם הַמְּפֹרָשׁ ''Šēm hamMəfōrāš'', also ''Shem ha-Mephorash''), meaning "the explicit name," is originally a Tannaitic term describing the Tetragrammaton. In Kabbalah, it may refer to a name of Go ...
angel Lauviah.
Sources
Goetic demons
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