See also:

• BELIT (signifying the " lady," par excellence)

BELIT (signifying the " See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady," See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par excellence)  , in the Babylonian See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion the designation of the See also:

• CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

consort of See also:

• BEL

Bel (q.v.).' Her real name was Nin-lil, i.e. the " See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power," if the explanation suggested in BEL for the second See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element is correct . She is also designated as Nin-See also:

• KHAR

Khar-sag, " Lady of the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain," which name stands in some relationship to See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

Im-Khar-sag, " See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm mountain "—the name of the staged See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower or sacred edifice to Bel at See also:

• NIPPUR

Nippur . As the consort of En-lil, the goddess Nin-lil or See also:

• BELIT (signifying the " lady," par excellence)

Belit belongs to Nippur and her titles as " ruler of See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven and See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth," and " See also:

• MOTHER

mother of the gods " are all due to her position as the wife of Bel . While recognized by a See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of her own in Nippur and honoured by rulers at various times by having votive offerings made in her See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour and fortresses dedicated in her name, she, as all other goddesses in Babylonia and See also:

• ASSYRIA

Assyria with the single exception of See also:

• ISHTAR

Ishtar, is overshadowed by her male consort . The See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Belit was naturally transferred to the See also:

• GREAT

great mother-goddess Ishtar after the decline of the cult at Nippur, and we also find the consort of See also:

• MARDUK (Bib'. MERODACH2)

Marduk, known as Sarpanit, designated as Belit, for the sufficient See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason that Marduk, after the rise of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon as the seat of his cult, becomes the Bel or " See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord " of later days . (M .