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>As discussed in the analysis of Astaroth, the sixteenth square of Chapter XVI of Book III of the Mathers edition of the Book of Abramelin brings about the destruction of buildings and may therefore bear some relation to Pathyn. But it is another square, the twelfth of Chapter XX, which causes battles and losses, that is perhaps more relevant to him due to the appearance of the words Habarim and Aim within its structure
>While his riding a mount that can be connected to Astaroth and the constellation of Hydra remains one possibility, another is that his mount represents the servitude of another spirit to him. As demonstrated with the spirit Ryall's possible identity as the mount of Paymon, the notion of spirits' mounts being other identifiable spirits suggests a similar principle to that expressed by the Vedic concept of the vahana. The identity of the spirit Pathyn theoretically rides cannot be determined with any certainty but can be postulated via a study of the original Latin of the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, which reveals a linguistic link to another spirit with knowledge of secret or hidden things. The link in question is found in the word abstrusis, which is used to describe knowledge of secret or hidden things, and the only other spirit this word is used to describe the powers of is Botis. As it is usually the words occultis or arcanis that represent such concepts in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, the application of this rare alternative represents not just “hidden or secret knowledge”, but a type of knowledge that is particularly esoteric, obscure, arcane, mysterious, cryptic, or unfathomable. In the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, the knowledge of hidden and secret things is closely related to the form of the viper, with the five spirits that take the form of, carry, or ride upon this type of snake—Botis, Purson, Astaroth, Vine, and Aym— also being the bearers of this particular power
