Editing Pazuzu (section)

===Bes===
Some scholars believe that Egyptian demon [[Bes]] is a counterpart of Pazuzu.{{sfn|Wiggermann|p=372}}{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=274}} Both are known to be protector demons{{sfn | El-Kilany | 2017 | p=1}} in the home.{{sfn | El-Kilany | 2017 | p=1}} They have iconographic links: both having lion parts,{{sfn | El-Kilany | 2017 | p=2}} wings, a distinctly long phallus, and similar facial features.{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=284}} There are noted similarities between the positioning of the two on protective amulets as well.{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=284}} Another close connection is their association with the protection of pregnant women and mothers.{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=284}}{{sfn | El-Kilany | 2017 | p=3}}

There is evidence that the two were in each other's cultural spheres. A possible Pazuzu figure was found in Egypt,{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=284}} as well as Bes amulets uncovered in sites in Iran.{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=284}} In a seventh century era fort in [[Nimrud]], five Pazuzu heads were found near a Bes amulet.{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=284}}

One theory posits a connection in their names - that Bes, like Pazuzu, could have been derived from the king name [[Sumerian King|Bazi]]{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=285}} - although Pazuzu's name has not yet been proven to have originated from Bazi,{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=274}} nor, it is speculated, has Bes's name been proven to be of foreign origin.{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=285}}