English Explanatory Dictionary

Pazuzu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. In Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, the king of the demons of the wind, often depicted as a combination of diverse animal and human parts.

Word forms

Pazuzu Fazuzu Pazuza

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒉺𒍪𒍪 (Pazūzu).

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