and his subjects. There is also a notable connection to the earlier Babylonian personifications of The Four Winds. These beings, as depicted on several Cylinder seals, have wings, and each represents a different direction of wind; South, East, West, and North. It is of note that Franz Wiggermann calls attention to the crooked positioning of the masculine West Wind in seals, as similar to posture in Pazuzu's iconography. More connections appear in later seals, as this same bent-over figure takes on talons and a scorpion's tail. The main difference in their depictions is the head, thus Wiggerman concludes that it is Pazuzu's body and not his head that denotes him as a wind demon. Another scholar, Scott Noegel, asserts that Pazuzu's possession of four wings links to the term kippatu, meaning "circle, loop, circumference, and totality" suggesting his control over all cardinal directions of wind inherited from his predecessors. Lamastu The baby-snatching Lamastu was attested as both a subject of and an antagonist of Pazuzu. It is theorized that Pazuzu could have been created specifically as a counter to her. Initially she existed as an independent demoness, with no distinct connection to other demons. Then in the Late Bronze Age she took on the lilû demon classification, thus Pazuzu was introduced as a way to chase her from the home and back into the underworld. It does also seem to be that Pazuzu's first appearances and Lamastu's reassigning as a lilû both originate from the same time and place, the Middle Assyrian Empire, but this could be a coincidence. On one Lamastu amulet, a scene shows Pazuzu chasing the demoness away from her victim, while another displays him destroying it. On a Neo-Assyrian Bronze Plaque, Pazuzu's head is perched above the top of the plaque, while a smaller version of him in the scene itself is chasing Lamastu away down a river. Other protective spirits appear in the plaque as well, including Fish-men and other animal headed demons, there to protect the person who is lying down on a bed. Bes Some scholars believe that Egyptian demon Bes is a counterpart of Pazuzu. Notably both are known to be protector demons in the home. They have iconographic links: both having a lion parts, wings, a distinctly long phallus, and similar facial features. And there are noted similarities between the positioning of the two on protective amulets as well. Another close