Bune

For the river, see Bunë.

Bune is a demon listed in demonological grimoires such the Lesser Key of Solomon^{[note 1][1]} (including Thomas Rudd's version, as Bime)^[2] Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum,^{[note 2][3]} Jacques Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal,^[4] and the Livre des Esperitz.^{[note 3][5]}

All of these texts describe Bune as a duke who is able to move the dead, make one rich, and answer a variety of questions.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} The Livre des Esperitz claims that Bune rules 35 legions of spirits,^[5] while the other texts only give him 30 legions to command.^[1][2][3][4] The other texts further describe Bune's appearance as a three headed dragon (with one head being human) and give him the additional powers of making devils gather around graves and making one wise and charismatic.^[1][2][3][4]

Practicing occultist Carroll "Poke" Runyon suggests that the name ultimately derives from Buto (a title for Isis),^[6] as part of an overall claim that the Lesser Key of Solomon was by Solomon and rooted in Mesopotamian mythology.^[7]

According to Rudd, Bune is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Haaiah.^[8]

Notes

1. As the twenty-sixth spirit.
2. As the twenty-third spirit.
3. As the twenty-seventh spirit.