Pazuzu is an Assyrian/Babylonian demonic god who was most popular in the first millenium BCE. He was the son of Hanbi (also Hanba), king of the demons of the underworld, and brother to Humbaba, the demon-god protector of the Cedar Forest in The Epic of Gilgamesh who is killed by the heroes.
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c. 2000 BCE - c. 1000 BCEPazuzu is popularly invoked as protection against disease, ghosts, and other demons, especially the Lamashtu.
