Edimmu

The edimmu, [http://books.google.ca/books?id=koLbpa-tk_oC&pg=PA56&vq=ekimmu&dq=ekimmu+seven+babylonian&lr=&sig=DvpgrQTm-lImvn2Ewd3CNqUjDDQ| read incorrectly sometimes as ekimmu] , were a type of utukku in Sumerian mythology. They were envisioned as the ghosts of those who were not buried properly. They were considered vengeful toward the living and might possess people if they did not take into account certain taboos, such as the prohibition against eating ox meat. They were thought to cause disease and inspire criminal behavior in the living, but could sometimes be appeased by funeral repasts or libations. The edimmu were also thought to be completely or nearly incorporial, "wind" spirits that sucked the life out of children and the sleeping.

In occult

It is believed in some circles that Edimmu were a form of psychic vampireFact|date=February 2008. They were referred to as "evil wind guests"Fact|date=February 2008; 'wind' could have been used to mean 'breath'Fact|date=February 2008, and some Occult studiesFact|date=February 2008 posit that breath is directly related to the transfer of psychic energyFact|date=February 2008. For example, the god Enki in the Sumerian creation saga creates mankind by first making him out of clay and then breathing into him, thus giving him a soul.