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See also:BELIT (signifying the " See also:lady," See also:par excellence) , in the Babylonian See also:religion the designation of the See also:consort of See also:Bel (q.v.).' Her real name was Nin-lil, i.e. the " See also:lady of See also:power," if the explanation suggested in BEL for the second See also:element is correct . She is also designated as Nin-See also:Khar-sag, " Lady of the See also:mountain," which name stands in some relationship to See also:Im-Khar-sag, " See also:storm mountain "—the name of the staged See also:tower or sacred edifice to Bel at See also:Nippur . As the consort of En-lil, the goddess Nin-lil or See also:Belit belongs to Nippur and her titles as " ruler of See also:heaven and See also:earth," and " See also:mother of the gods " are all due to her position as the wife of Bel . While recognized by a See also:temple of her own in Nippur and honoured by rulers at various times by having votive offerings made in her See also:honour and fortresses dedicated in her name, she, as all other goddesses in Babylonia and See also:Assyria with the single exception of See also:Ishtar, is overshadowed by her male consort . The See also:title Belit was naturally transferred to the See also:great mother-goddess Ishtar after the decline of the cult at Nippur, and we also find the consort of See also:Marduk, known as Sarpanit, designated as Belit, for the sufficient See also:reason that Marduk, after the rise of the See also:city of See also:Babylon as the seat of his cult, becomes the Bel or " See also:lord " of later days . (M . |
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