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Pazuzu was both venerated and feared within the pantheons of the Mesopotamians, Assyrians and Babylonians, and functioned from his very beginnings as an apotropaic domestic spirit-deity, whose spheres of influence were especially bound to the protection of the home from malign influences and hostile personages.


As a controller of the often unruly winds and the noxious spirits that were known to dwell within them, Pazuzu was hailed as the king of the wind-demons, meaning to the ancients that he had ultimate power over the machinations of these beings and the element in which they dwelt. It was specifically the West wind to which Pazuzu was assigned, though his authority extends not only to the four winds of creation, but also to mountains (which he may cause to quake) and weather patterns.


On the domestic front Pazuzu behaves as a guardian of the household from all unwanted visitors, which include evil spirits and murderous demons, but most especially those w...

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