XXXIV - SITRI

34 - Sitri aka Bitru, Sytry- Book of Incantations, The Discoverie of Witchcraft, The Book of Spirits, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, and The Lesser Key of Solomon

From Discoverie of Witchcraft / Pseudomonarchia

Sitri, alias Bitru, is a great prince, appeering with the face of a leopard, and having wings as a griffen: when he taketh humane shape, he is verie beautiful, he inflameth a man with a womans love, and also stirreth up women to love men, being commanded he willinglie deteineth secrets of women, laughing at them and mocking them, to make them luxuriouslie naked, and there obeie him sixtie legions.

From the Lesser Key

The Twelfth Spirit is Sitri. He is a Great Prince, and appeareth at first with a Leopard's head and the Wings of a Gryphon, but after the command of the Master of the Exorcism he putteth on Human shape, and that very beautiful. He enflameth men with Women's love, and Women with Men's love; and causeth them also to show themselves naked if it be desired. He governeth 60 Legions of Spirits. His Seal is this, to be worn as a Lamen before thee, etc.

From the Book of Spirits

Sytry, al. Bitru, magnus princeps, 60 lég. W21. (Yes, that's it.)

Appearance: Angelic, a beautiful man with a leopards head and a gryphons wings. 

Subrace: Fallen Angel

Abilities: Love and sex

Legions: 60

Rank: Prince

Notes: I absolutely adore the description of “Luxuriously Naked,” It paints quite the picture of this prince. There are some in discussions of the occult who connect Sitri to the Egyptian god Set. The connections are circumstantial at best. Though Set was worshiped in the early dynastic period as associated with love and sex. Set is depicted with a canine head, as opposed to Sitris feline head. If we are to continue with the seven deadly sins theory, Sitri would undeniably be lust. 

The occult community seems to paint Sitri as generally agreeable, if not a bit of a troublemaker. I mistrust this interpretation however. Magic and love do not mix well, and I think a demonic prince would be in quite good humor about taking souls in exchange for sexual blackmail. 

Brand of Lust - A form of infernal mesmerism that heightens libido in anyone the marked makes direct eye contact with.