Botis

For people named Botis, see Botis (surname).

Botis, sometimes Otis, is a demon described in the Lesser Key of Solomon (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.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4][5] In the Grand Grimoire, Botis appears as a subordinate of Agaliarept.^[6] According to Rudd, Botis is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Lauviah.^[7]