Pazuzu Sigil Options

Have you ever placed the Pazuzu sigil over the picture on the image of the Pazuzu statue?

Try and you will see that the sigil is based on its shape and marks out its head, wings, arm, legs and feet. I would say this sigil is a sigilic drawing of the Pazuzu statue. The Humwawa sigil is also based on the traditional face of Humbaba.

Interesting.



(IMG:http://ancestors.blox.pl/resource/pazuzu1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jasen01/texts/pazuzu.gif)





(IMG:http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jasen01/texts/humwawa.gif) (IMG:http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/HL/images/Humbaba-face.gif)

This post has been edited by scorpionis: May 17 2007, 05:44 PM

So you do not think that the Humwawa sigil is based on the shape of the Humbaba statue and the Pazuzu sigil based on the Pazuzu statue?

For me this is very clear. The person who created these two sigils created abstract forms connected to the traditional shape in which these two "spirits" most often are visualized. This actually makes the sigils very powerful…

Not because they are ancient, but because they have by their creator been connected to a very ancient source, the same source that the oldest Pazuzu and Humbaba statues taped into.

Here is some info about Huwawa and Pazuzu:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


"In Akkadian mythology Humbaba (Assyrian spelling) or Huwawa (Babylonian) was a monstrous giant who was also the guardian of the Cedar Forest where the gods lived. His face is that of a lion. In various sources, his face is like that of the coiled entrails of men and beasts (Myths From Mesopotamia, Dalley. Oxford University Press.) This has lead to the name "Guardian of the Fortress of Intestines." He is the brother of Pazuzu and Enki and son of Hanbi.

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, after they become friends following a fight, Gilgamesh and Enkidu set out on an adventure to the celestial Cedar Forest to slay Humbaba. Gilgamesh tricks the monster into giving away his seven "radiances" by asking to be his brother in law. When Humbaba's guard is down, Gilgamesh punches him and captures the monster. Defeated, Humbaba appeals to a receptive Gilgamesh for mercy but Enkidu convinces Gilgamesh to slay Humbaba. In a last effort, Humbaba tries to escape but is decapitated by Gilgamesh. Enlil, the god who set Humbaba as the forest's guardian, becomes enraged upon learning this and redistributes Humbaba's seven splendors (or "auras") to others. It is interesting to note that no vengeance was laid upon the heroes. Some believe that Humbaba was not a god or demon but just a giant.


In Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, the god Pazuzu was the king of the demons of wind, and son of the god Hanbi. He also represented the southwestern wind, the bearer of storms.

Pazuzu is the god of the South-west wind that was known for bringing droughts and famine during dry seasons, and locusts during rainy seasons. Pazuzu was invoked in amulets aimed at fighting against the powers of his hated rival, the malicious goddess Lamashtu, who was believed to cause harm to mother and child during childbirth. Pazuzu is also a god who protected humans against plague and evil forces, in particular the evil goddess Lamashtu."

I would actually say that it is not correct to place Humbaba and Pazuzu amongst the ancient ones, for according to the ancient lore they were not part of the Spawn of Chaos.

But like many other ancient spirits that have been demonized by modern culture and religion, the powers/essence connected to their names and forms are today maybe closer to what people have come to expect from them and not to what they originally represented.

A god forgotten is a demon born…