Did Dracula have a Genie?

We can argue all day and night about whether the final bosses in CV3 were actually Dracula himself or ritual summons, but that's not the point. What is known without debate is that Dracula did indeed summon demons in CV3, such as Baphomet ("Leviathan"). 

Castlevania III final boss

I still have no idea what the floating mass of vile-spewing heads could have been, but I had previously considered the final boss to be Pazuzu. It's a demon from a classic horror film (The Exorcist), so it would make sense for Pazuzu, or an entity inspired by Pazuzu, to be used in a Castlevania game. However, now I'm not so sure.

 

 

Pazuzu, Lord of Winds

 

Pazuzu had the head of a lion or dog. He also had a snake dick or tail. We don't see either of  those features in the final boss. We do see talons on a human body with Akkadian wing, along with a crown or something on the head. I'm going to overlook the posture of the hands, which I will explain why shortly.

Genius of Nimrud

The beak finally nagged me enough, so I googled demons and Sumerian entities with bird heads. That's when I stumbled upon an image of a relief featuring a Sumerian humanoid with the head and wings of a bird. It even has a similar posture to Pazuzu, but it is lacking talons. Furthermore, instead of a single horn or crown on its head, it has a row of feathers. 

This entity, now referred to as a griffin-demon by some archaeologists, was at one time erroneously identified as the demon Nisroc. So even if you don't like the idea of Dracula summoning genies, it could still have been a "documented" demon.

The raised hand could be a sign of blessing. When Trevor defeated Dracula, the genie would no longer bless him, so the arms were lowered. This could apply to either Pazuzu or the geni.

What a relief - it's just a statue!

 

It's not necessarily canon, but Harmony Of Dissonance depicts the same demon as what is clearly a statue, since one of the arms is busted off. It's not a relief, which is how Nisroc was depicted. Could this mean the final boss really was Pazuzu, but with the design features of the Genie of Nimrud blended with that of Pazuzu in order to avoid copyright infringements?

Or maybe Dracula's powers were granted to him by a genie after all, not literal demon. After all, we see mummies in Dracula's castle throughout the series. Yes, this is a reference to The Mummy and all the other mummy horror films, but it could also suggest that Dracula was dabbling in Middle-Eastern religions. The final boss was Dracula's genius - a guardian spirit, that's why he had such a large statue erected.