Pazuzu is a Mesopotamian underworld deity personifying the west/southwest wind, and ruler of the
lilû.
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| Louvre Museum, MNB 467 |
A statue of Pazuzu appeared in the 1973 film
The Exorcist, which apparently garnered enough popularity, that it has received bit roles in various forms of media ever since.
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| The Exorcist, 1973 |
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Adèle Blanc-Sec -
Le démon de la Tour Eiffel, 1976 |
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| Legend, 1985 |
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The Simpsons -
Treehouse of Horror XXVIII, 2017 |
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| Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 2019 |
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| Spider-Man: Far From Home, 2019 |
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| House of Ashes, 2021 |
A couple of miniatures of Pazuzu exist, but the one I have is from the Citadel Demons Box Set from their RuneQuest line of miniatures.
An
insert gave the gaming statistics for the various demons, with some notes on their combat strategies, but there wasn't much in the way of background provided for them. Some additional information appeared in White Dwarf 48, where the demons were given AD&D statistics.
The miniature vaguely fits the description of the mythological Pazuzu, but doesn't much look like the statue from the movie. I think I'm going to attach a scorpion tail to the miniature to align it closer to its appearance in Mesopotamian mythology.
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| British Museum 86263 |
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