What is "pazuzu"

In Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, Pazuzu (sometimes Fazuzu or Pazuza) was the king of the demons of the wind, brother of Humbaba and son of the god Hanbi. He also represented the southwestern wind, the bearer of storms and drought.

Pazuzu is king of the demons of the wind, the bearer of storms and drought, in Assyrian and Babylonian mythology.

Pazuzu may also be:

• Pazuzu (The Exorcist), the demon in the Exorcist series
• Pazuzu (Dungeons & Dragons), a demon lord in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
• Pazuzu (band), Austrian dark wave band, started in 1993 as a side project by Summoning (band)
• "Pazuzu (Black Rain)", a song by Nefilim from their album Zoon
• "Pazuzu", a song by Polish death metal band Behemoth from their album The Apostasy
• Pazuzu, the name of Professor Hubert Farnsworth's pet gargoyle in the Futurama franchise
• A demon lord in the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game
• A demon in the Marvel Comics series Nightcrawler
• Suzy Pazuzu, a parody of Witchblade's Sara Pezzini from the 2001 comic version of Howard the Duck
• The icon used by the English band Gorillaz
• "Pazuzu For The Win", a song by American avant-garde metal band Iwrestledabearonce
• A drug-dealer in the 2015 movie Sisters.

In video games, Pazuzu may refer to:

• A character in the computer game Battlefield 4
• A boss character in Dragon Warrior II
• A boss character in Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
• A random enemy in the PlayStation 2 video games Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga and Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
• A character in the computer game and computer game novelization Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller
• A boss monster in the Game Boy Advance video game Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
• An enemy in the computer game Phantasy Star Online
• A unique monster in the roguelike computer game Angband and some of its variants.

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, Pazuzu is a powerful demon prince, called the Prince of the Lower Aerial Kingdoms. He rules the skies above all layers of the Abyss. He is sometimes known as Pazrael or Pazuzeus.

Pazuzu's lair is Torremor, a tangled mass of beams, pinnacles, arches, ladders, and other structures, held together by rope and chain. Torremor is located on the 503rd layer of the Abyss. However, Pazuzu spends most of his time on Pazunia, the 1st layer of the Abyss.

Pazuzu is the main antagonist in The Exorcist horror novels and film series, created by William Peter Blatty. Blatty derived the character from Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, where Pazuzu was considered the king of the demons of the wind, and the son of the god Hanbi. In The Exorcist, Pazuzu appears as a demon who possesses Regan MacNeil.

Pazuzu is often depicted as a combination of animal and human parts with his right hand pointing upwards and his left hand downwards. He has the body of a man, the head of a lion or dog, eagle-like taloned feet, two pairs of wings, a scorpion's tail, and a serpentine penis.