Tag: pazuzu

• Lamashtu: Hide yo kids, hide yo wife | Baby History

  

  Although not a (true) physician, she wraps with bandages,    although not a (true) midwife, she wipes the baby clean.She keeps count of the months of the pregnant woman,    cloistering off the doors of women about to give birth. – Old Babylonian (OB3) Lamashtu Incantation, lines 3–6, From Harvard Library Bulletin Lamashtu was a lion-headed hawk footed…

  Aradia Wyndham

  October 12, 2022

  Babies, Birth, Video

  breastfeeding, charms, childbirth, demon, infant mortality, Irving Finkel, maternal mortality, mesopotamia, midwife, newborn, pazuzu, wet nurse

• Royal Babies, Surrogacy, Memories, Gutherie Cards, Demons, Madam Iowa, and American Childhood | Rabbit Holes Ep5

  

  This is Rabbit Holes, a semi-regular reaction-style series about the baby-related stories I’ve found interesting and think you’ll find interesting too. Let’s get started! Reminder: if there are sources you would like to read, for example, NYTs, but get stopped by a paywall, I encourage you to contact your local public library to see if…

  Aradia Wyndham

  February 23, 2021

  Rabbit Holes

  accomodation, avoidance, college, education, Egypt, gestational carriers, gutherie cards, Madam Iowa, mesopotamia, parenting styles, pazuzu, royal babies, stolen baby, surrogacy, working mother