Editing Pazuzu (section)

===Name===
One speculation for the origin of the name of Pazuzu connects to [[Bazi (king)|Bazi]], as named in the [[Tell Leilan]] version of the [[Sumerian King List]], who was a king of Mari.{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=275}} The name is followed by that of the succeeding king, [[Sumerian King|Zizi]]. Bazi's name is preceded by [[Sumerian King|Anbu]], his father, who was suspected to have inspired the god Anbu, which later conflated into Hanbu,{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=276}} Pazuzu's father. The theory goes that, given the connection between Anbu and Hanbu, it could be that the name Pazuzu is a construction of the following kings names: Ba-zi-Zi-zi.{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=277}}

Like Pazuzu, [[Humbaba]] was used as a protector deity, with depictions of his frightening head being used to ward off evil.{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=274}} It could therefore be speculated that the Pazuzu heads replaced those of Humbaba.{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=274}} Humbaba fell from favour in the Late Bronze Age,{{sfn | Wiggermann | 2007}} shortly before Pazuzu emerged, although the two do not share any great iconographic connection,{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=272}} making it unlikely  that Pazuzu could have evolved from the earlier deity.

Another speculation is that rather than Bes and Pazuzu having a common origin point, Pazuzu was an offshoot of Bes.{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=274}}