Editing Pazuzu (section)

====Ritual texts====
Relating to the representations of Pazuzu, text inscriptions on the backs of representations or on tablets would invoke or otherwise mention Pazuzu.

A ritual text from Assyria prescribes a Pazuzu head as a way to banish sickness.{{sfn | Heeßel | 2011 | p=362}} Similarly, a ritual incantation against Lamastu from the Late Babylonian Period directs the reader to make a Pazuzu necklace and hang it around the afflicted person's neck.{{sfn | Heeßel | 2011 | p=362}}

In the bilingual ([[Language|Sumerian]] and [[Language|Akkadian]]) version of the ''Compendia'', Pazuzu identifies himself:

"I am Pazuzu, son of Ḫanbu, king of the evil lilû-demons. I was enraged (in violent motion) against the strong mountains and ascended them."{{sfn | ''Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic'' | 2019 | p=273}}

Another text also narrated by him describes Pazuzu encountering other lilû demons in his travels, and breaking their wings, therefore preventing them from inflicting harm. "I ascended a mighty mountain that shook, and the (evil) winds I encountered there were heading West; One by one I broke their wings."{{sfn|Wiggermann|p=374}} In another text he is perceived as more malicious, as the narrator addresses him as "Agony of Mankind",{{sfn | Maiden | 2018 | p=106}} "Suffering of Mankind",{{sfn | Maiden | 2018 | p=106}} "Disease of Mankind",{{sfn | Maiden | 2018 | p=106}} and chants telling the demon to not enter the home.{{sfn | Maiden | 2018 | p=106}}