Sytry

Sytry

Greaterwell-documentedEuropean ceremonial/grimorial magic (Ars Goetia tradition)Europe (grimorial tradition)
Origin

Sytry is attested within the corpus of European ceremonial and grimorial magic represented by the Ars Goetia and related manuals. In that compiled infernal roster Sytry (Sitri) appears as a named, individual operative spirit invested with a specific function and seal; the grimoire presentation frames the entity as one of the intelligences that a ritual magician may summon, command, or bind by means of ritual technique and sigils.

Appearance

The principal grimoire description (Book of Ceremonial Magic after Ars Goetia material) states Sytry appears with a leopard's head and the wings of a griffin but can assume a beautiful human form at the magician's command. Modern popular-culture depictions adapt the name into various humanized character forms, but the primary traditional image in the provided sources is the leopard-headed, griffin-winged hybrid convertible to human semblance by ritual command.

Abilities

In the grimoire excerpt Sytry is described as procuring love between the two sexes and as able to change form — appearing as the hybrid beast and assuming a beautiful human form when commanded by the magician. The entity is also given the social rank of 'a great prince' who commands legions in the goetic hierarchy, situating it among named operative spirits with specified functions and seals in ceremonial manuals.

Weaknesses & Wards

Weaknesses

  • other
    tools of control: the Seal of Sytry and ritual binding/command (as described in grimoire sources)

Wards

  • symbol
    The Seal of Sytry (sigil shown in Book of Ceremonial Magic)
  • ritual
    Ritual command and binding by a Magician (procedural control indicated in grimoire context)
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Sources
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    Book of Ceremonial Magic: Chapter IV: The Mysteries of Goetic Magic (excerpt). Book of Ceremonial Magic (excerpt): 'SYTRY, a great prince, who appears with a leopard's head and the wings of a griffin, but assumes a beautiful human form at the Magician's command. He procures love between the two sexes, and causes...'; heading: 'THE SEAL OF SYTRY.'other
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    List of demons in the Ars Goetia (Wikipedia). Wikipedia: entry listing Sytry/Sitri as derived from the Ars Goetia and noting variant spellings.wiki
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    Sytry | Megami Tensei Wiki (Fandom) — adaptation reference. Megami Tensei fandom page referencing a game adaptation that draws on the Ars Goetia tradition for the character Sytry.other
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    Devils and Realist (Wikipedia) — modern cultural adaptation. Wikipedia: notes use of goetic names such as Sitri/Sytry in modern anime/manga adaptations (cited in dataset as cultural usage examples).wiki
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    Various modern cultural and fan references to Sytry/Sitri. Fanlisting and fan works referenced in the dataset showing contemporary uses of the name Sytry/Sitri in fiction and fan culture.other
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