appears as the antagonist in the 2017 film Still/Born. The song "lamashtu" by Necrophobic on their 2018 album "Mark of the Necrogram" is named for Lamashtu. Lamashtu is depicted on the Ankaran Sarcophagus in the videogame Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. Lamashtu appears in the book "Sebitti - Mesopotamian Magick & Demonology" by Michael W. Ford. The 2020 album "Scourge of Lamashtu" by Black Funeral is themed after Lamashtu. Ritual An Akkadian incantation and ritual against Lamashtu is edited in Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments vol. 2 (1988) It is glossed as an "incantation to dispel lasting fever and Lamashtu". The prescribed ritual involves a Lamashtu figurine. A sacrifice of bread must be placed before the figurine and water must be poured over it. A black dog must be made to carry the figurine. Then it is placed near the head of the sick child for three days, with the heart of a piglet placed in its mouth. The incantation must be recited three times a day, besides further food sacrifices. At dusk on the third day, the figurine is taken outdoors and buried near the wall. See also Abyzou Akhkhazu Alû Lamia Lilin Lilith Shedim Utukku References External links Mesopotamian goddesses Mesopotamian demons Mythological hybrids Mythological hematophages Female legendary creatures Snake goddesses Evil deities Mesopotamian underworld Mythological cannibals Donkey deities