| MYTHOLOGY
OF THE WIND DEMON PAZUZU

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The demon Pazuzu first appeared in Babylonian myth
in the guise of the "storm-bird" Zu, who
stole the Tablets of Destiny from the dragoness
Tiamat. In the later Babylonian civilization, he
once again appeared, this time under the name of
Pazuzu, and was said to be the child of the chief
wind-demon, Hanpa.
Zu, or Anzu in Persian and Sumerian, (from An "heaven"
and Zu "far", in the Sumerian language)
is a lesser divinity of Akkadian mythology, and
the son of the bird goddess Siris. Both Zu and Siris
are seen as massive birds who can breathe fire and
water, although Zu is alternately seen as a lion-headed
eagle .
The Anzu was a servant of the chief sky god Enlil,
(possibly previously a symbol of Anu), from whom
Anzu stole the Tablet of Destinies, so hoping to
determine the fate of all things. In one version
of the legend, the gods sent Lugalbanda to retrieve
the tablets, who in turn, killed Anzu. In another,
Ea and Belet-Ili conceived Ninurta for the purpose
of retrieving the tablets. In a third legend, found
in The Hymn of Ashurbanipal, Marduk is said to have
killed
In Mesopotamian mythology Lamashtu (Sumerian Dimme)
was a female demon, monster, malevolent goddess
or demigoddess that menaced women during childbirth
and, if possible, kidnapped children while they
were breastfeeding, she would gnaw on their bones
and suck their blood, as well as being charged with
a number of other evil deeds. She was a daughter
of the Sky God Anu.
Lamashtu had a hairy body, a lioness' head with
donkey's teeth and ears, long fingers and fingernails
and the feet of a bird with sharp talons. She is
often shown standing or kneeling on a donkey, nursing
a pig and a dog, and holding snakes. She also bears
some functions and resemblance to the Mesopotamian
demon Lilitu.
Lamashtu's father was the Sky God Anu (Sumer An).
Unlike many other usual demonic figures and depictions
in Mesopotamian lore, Lamashtu, was said to act
in malevolence of her own accord, rather than at
the gods' instructions. Along with this her name
was written together with the cuneiform determinative
indicating deity. This means she was a goddess or
a demigoddess in her own right.
She bore seven names and was described as seven
witches in incantations. Her evil deeds included
(but not limited to), slaying children, unborns,
and neonates, causing harm to mothers and expectant
mothers, eating men and drinking their blood, disturbing
sleep, brought nightmares, killing foliage, infesting
rivers and lakes, and a bringer of disease, sickness,
and death.

Pazuzu, a god or demon, was invoked to protect birthing
mothers and infants against Lamashtu's malevolence,
usually on amulets and statues. Although Pazuzu
was said to be bringer of famine and drought, he
was also invoked against evil for protection, and
against plague, but he was primarily and popularly
invoked against his fierce, malicious, rival Lamashtu.

Amulet from Mesopotamia. The back
of the object shows the body of the male demon Pazuzu,
his head peering over the top at the front. At the
bottom left, Pazuzu drives Lamashtu back to the
Underworld, to which she is lured by offerings.
She is standing on her donkey, and both are in her
boat on the river to the Underworld. She holds snakes
and suckles the usual animals. The registers above
show a sick person being attended by healers and
protective beings, just above a row of protective
spirits, and at the top the symbols of the main
Babylonian deities. Bronze. 13.3 cms high. Dating
to around 625-539 B.C.E.).
In Mesopotamian religion, the most terrible of
all female demons, daughter of the sky god Anu (Sumerian:
An). A wicked female who slew children and drank
the blood of men and ate their flesh, she had seven
names and was often described in incantations as
the “seven witches.” Lamashtu perpetrated
a variety of evil deeds: she disturbed sleep and
brought nightmares; she killed foliage and infested
rivers and streams; she bound the muscles of men,
caused pregnant women to miscarry, and brought disease
and sickness. Lamashtu was often portrayed on amulets
as a lion- or bird-headed female figure kneeling
on an ass; she held a double-headed serpent in each
hand and suckled a dog at her right breast and a
pig or another dog at her left breast.
Mesopotamian Incantation Prayer Against Lamashtu:
Great is the daughter of Heaven who tortures babies
Her hand is a net, her embrace is death
She is cruel, raging, angry, predatory
A runner, a thief is the daughter of Heaven
She touches the bellies of women in labor
She pulls out the pregnant women’s baby
The daughter of Heaven is one of the Gods, her brothers
With no child of her own.
Her head is a lion’s head
Her body is a donkey’s body
She roars like a lion
She constantly howls like a demon-dog.

Mesopotamia - the land between the rivers, the
Tigris and the Euphrates - is an ancient Greek term
used by archaeologists to refer to the area now
roughly equivalent to the modern country of Iraq.

"Amulet formed by the figure of Pazuzu,
the god of storms, cyclones and hurricanes."
A large number of terra-cotta figures of gods and
demons have been found by many excavators during
the course of their work on the sites of ancient
cities in Babylonia; the commonest of these are
the so-called "Papsukkal figures," which
were believed to protect houses.
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Pazazu
Well Known today around the world, the movie the
exorcist brought new life to the demon. Basically
it brought forth an image of pure evil and fear.
Though many research his roots other just fear the
mention of his demonic name.
Several urban legends have also grown from this.
If on a very windy day if you call out his name
9 times the demon is supposed to come to you and
appear. Or at least make his precence know to you
.
Still today he is associates with the winds of
deadly hurricanes, tormado's ad freak gusts of wind
with all their devastaing consequences.
In Cities like New Orleans Galveston and Miami
the head of Pazzuzuu is a amulet often hung on or
near peoples front doors to ward off the damge that
such great storms can carry.
Many have also taken up the custome in Tornado
Alley.

"Pazuzu, Lord of Fevers and Plagues, Dark
Angel of the Four Winds with rotting genitals from
which he howls through sharpened teeth over stricken
cities…."
William S. Burroughs, Cities of the Red Night