Purson

One of seventy-two demons traditionally associated with the Goetia.  In Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft, he is said to have the alias of Curson.  Wierus' Pseudomonarcia Daemonum includes this alias, but gives the demon's primary name as Pursan.  Both texts say that he appears as a man with a leonine face.  He comes forth riding a bear, carrying a ferocious viper in one hand.  His appearance is heralded by trumpets.  This demon is attributed with the power to discover treasure and give excellent familiars.  He can speak on matters occult and divine, even revealing heavenly secrets such as the creation of the world.  Additionally, he can take either a body of flesh or an airy body of a more subtle nature.  Holding the rank of kind, he reputedly governs twenty-two legions of lesser spirits.  These are supposedly comprised of beings partly affiliated with the Order of Virtues and partly with the Order of Thrones.  He is also named in the Goetia of Dr. Rudd, where he is said to be constrained by the angel Pahaliah.  See also GOETIA, RUDD, SCOT, WIERUS.
THE DICTIONARY OF DEMONS, REVISED AND EXPANDED, M. BELANGER (2021)