<Tr> <Th> Species </Th> <Td> Demon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gender </Th> <Td> Male </Td> </Tr> <P> Pazuzu is the main antagonist in The Exorcist horror novels and film series, created by William Peter Blatty . Blatty derived the character from Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, where Pazuzu was considered the king of the demons of the wind, and the son of the god Hanbi . In The Exorcist, Pazuzu appears as a demon who possesses Regan MacNeil . </P> <P> Pazuzu is often depicted as a combination of animal and human parts with his right hand pointing upwards and his left hand downwards . He has the body of a man, the head of a lion or dog, eagle - like taloned feet, two pairs of wings, a scorpion's tail, and a serpentine penis . </P>

The name of the demon in the exorcist