XX - BUNE

20 - Bune, Bime - Appears a man with two dragon heads. Changes the place of the dead and makes one a demon if they should so wish. Responsible for demons to where they are supposed to be in hell, demonic “shore leaves.” Appears in The Discoverie of Witchcraft, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, and The Lesser Key of Solomon, Livre Espritz

From Pseudomonarchia

Bune is a great and a strong Duke, he appeareth as a dragon with three heads, the third whereof is like to a man; he speaketh with a divine voice, he maketh the dead to change their place, and divels to assemble upon the sepulchers of the dead: he greatlie inricheth a man, and maketh him eloquent and wise, answering trulie to all demands, and thirtie legions obeie him.

From Discoverie

Bune is a great and a strong Duke, he appeareth as a dragon with three heads, the third whereof is like to a man; he speaketh with a divine voice, he maketh the dead to change their place, and divels to assemble upon the sepulchers of the dead: he greatlie inricheth a man, and maketh him eloquent and wise, answering trulie to all demands, and thirtie legions obeie him.

From the Lesser Key

The 26th spirit is called Bune [or Bime], he is a strong, great & mighty duke, & appeareth in ye forme of a Dragon wth three heads, one like a dog, The other like a griffin; The 3d like a man, he speaketh with a high & comely voice, he changeth ye places of ye dead, & causeth those spirits that are under him, to gather together upon their sepulcheres, he giveth Riches to a man & maketh him wise & eloquent, he giveth true Answards to yr demands, & governeth 30 Legions of spirits, his seal is this wch he owneth [oweth] obedience to. First

From Livre Espritz

[27]  Bune Bune est ung grant duc qui faict les corps aler et venir d'un lieu en aultre chemyner, et faict home riche et parler saigement devant toutes gens, et donne vroye responce de ce que on luy demande ; et a XXXV legions.

Appearance: A three-headed dragon, one with a dog head, one like a man, one like a gryphon. 

Subrace: Likely Cambion

Abilities: Divination wealth and wit

Legions: 30

Rank: Duke

Notes:

One of the three demons associated with burial, the others being Bifrons, in charge of moving the bodies, and Murmurr, in charge of moving the souls. This implies that Bune is given charge of the soulless bodies, and gives us some insight into the infernal artifice. This trio likely works under Vine.

Caroll Runyon makes the claim that the name Bune is derived from Buto, a title for the god Isis. While there is absolutely grounding for the goetia being based in mesopotamia mythology, this claim is likely spurious, and Bune bares no resemblance to Isis. In reality, it is far more likely that the name Bune comes from the word “Bunis” (pronounced identically to Bune), which are the chthonic animist spirits of the Tungusic peoples of siberia, the same culture from which we get the word shaman.

In An encyclopedia of the occult by Lewis Spence, Spence makes the claim that the demons serving beneath Bune are called Bunis, and that the Tartar people consider them especially evil. This is a misattribution. The Tartars are not the Tungis people. Max Muller in Contributions to the Science of Mythology, Volume 1 described the nature of the Bunis as closer to that of the Fae, specifically that of the finnish Haltija.

Brand of the Chosen - The marked is able to temporarily assume demonic form.