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

Hello Sephiroth,

Well, the thing is that outside the movie "The Exorcist" and the Necronomicon of Simon Pazuzu was actually never "fallen". Within the ancient texts he is NOT described as a "Satan". He is just one of the more harmful gods, but he was not an enemy of the other gods and he was never banished by the rest of the gods.

So my point is actually that Pazuzu within his original spiritual context was NOT one of the Ancient Ones. He was not one of the Dark Gods, spawned by Hubur (Wrathful Tiamat).

That is the whole point. Because of modern ideas he have come to be viewed as a Demonic and Evil god, but if you think about it you will see that he actually was a powerful shield against the Evil Goddess Lamashtu. So he should not be counted as one of the Dark Gods of Chaos.

The same can be said about Ereshkigal and Nergal, they rule the underworld/realm of the dead, yes, but they have nothing to do with Tiamat. They are, according to the original sources about Babylonian mythos, just like all other cosmic gods and served their own ordained purpose.

In Necronomicon Ereshkigal is somehow linked to Tiamat and the forces of Chaos. This is not correct! Ereshkigal is actually very similar to the Hellenic goddess Persephone. They rule over the Chthonic kingdom of the dead, but they are NOT viewed as "Satanic" or "Anti-cosmic".

The Christian concept of good and evil did not exist, and many of the "good" gods had destructive aspects and attributes. That does not make them the same as the Ancient Ones (forces of Chaos and anti-creation).

Actually beside the Simonomicon (and the movie The Exorcist) there are no other older sources that describe Pazuzu as an Evil God who serve the forcess of Chaos/Tiamat.

Xastur is the Lovecraftian Hastur, so there are no ancient statues or images representing him, as he did not exist before lovercraft made him (or at least his name) up.

Hail His Blood!

The same can be said about Ereshkigal and Nergal, they rule the underworld/realm of the dead, yes, but they have nothing to do with Tiamat. They are, according to the original sources about Babylonian mythos, just like all other cosmic gods and served their own ordained purpose.

In Necronomicon Ereshkigal is somehow linked to Tiamat and the forces of Chaos. This is not correct! Ereshkigal is actually very similar to the Hellenic goddess Persephone. They rule over the Chthonic kingdom of the dead, but they are NOT viewed as "Satanic" or "Anti-cosmic".

Yes, very much so. people tend to link god(esses) of the dead as evil. Not so, they simply rule a sphere or domain that is a bit darker than the others. They are also seen as evil because part of their role is that of punisher. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/00000047.gif)

Xastur is the Lovecraftian Hastur, so there are no ancient statues or images representing him, as he did not exist before lovercraft made him (or at least his name) up.

Not true. She is very real. The Simon Necronomicon may describe her much like Lovecraft's Hastur, but let's just say that is inaccurate. She seems closely linked to Lilit in type and personality, but serves a different role in Ereshkigal's scheme of things than does Lilit.