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Posted by Pam (A) on September 30, 2004 at 20:43:10

In Reply to: You mean this demon... posted by millen on September 28, 2004 at 14:35:33:

The statue they used in the Exorcist was the Sumarian/Babylonian demon Pazuzu, son of Hanbi and king of the demons of wind and bringer of plagues (one hand is up and the other down, symbolizing life and death, creation and destruction). He was also the patron saint of pregnant women because he was the enemy of Lamashtu, another demon who caused still-births, infant death, death in childbirth or kidnapping infants, and therefore appeared on amulets as a protection from Lamashtu.
Decent image here
http://hyperstition.abstractdynamics.org/archives/003889.html
and an actual amulet here:

• Pazuzu   (Open in New Window)