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The Exorcist (novel)
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The Exorcist is a 1971 horror novel by American author William Peter Blatty and published by Harper & Row. The book depicts a demonic possession of twelve-year-old Regan MacNeil, the daughter of a fam
First edition cover
First edition cover
Pazuzu
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In ancient Mesopotamian religion, Pazuzu is a demonic deity from the Babylonian and Assyrian cultures in the first millennium BCE. He is shown with "a rather canine face with abnormally bulging eyes,
The Exorcist (novel)
…Father Lankester Merrin is leading an archaeological dig in northern Iraq and is studying ancient relics. After discovering a small statue of the demon Pazuzu (an actual ancient Assyrian demon), a series of omens alerts him to a pending confrontation with a powerful evil, which, unknown to the reader at this…
This Assyrian bronze statuette of Pazuzu is 15 cm (6 inches) in height, from the early 1st millennium BC, held at the Louvre Museum.
This Assyrian bronze statuette of Pazuzu is 15 cm (6 inches) in height, from the early 1st millennium BC, held at the Louvre Museum.
A bronze Pazuzu head, including a loop to be strung onto a necklace and worn as a protective charm.
A bronze Pazuzu head, including a loop to be strung onto a necklace and worn as a protective charm.
The front of a copper alloy Pazuzu amulet from the British Museum.
The front of a copper alloy Pazuzu amulet from the British Museum.
A red jasper carving of a squatting Pazuzu, the crouching posture suggesting his connection to the West Wind.
A red jasper carving of a squatting Pazuzu, the crouching posture suggesting his connection to the West Wind.