Geography/Culture: Babylonian, Assyrian, perhaps Sumerian.
Description: Lady of the Abyss; White pregnant Goddess of the moon, trees and the underworld; wells and springs; Ruler of heaven and earth; Mother of Deities.
To Whom Sacred: fresh-water; worship at moon-rise.
Male Associate: consort, Marduk, who assimilated Enlil (Bel).

Titles/Variants, etc:
• She may be identical with Aruru, {Bright-Mother-of-the-Hollow}.
• She is also called, Beltia, ----, (below), which is probably a variant of Belit, Lady.
• {Am certain I once recorded that She is also known as Belili though it isn't here now! }
• Transliteration variant Sarpanit.
• Variant Sarpanitum, ----.
• Variant Zarpandit, Z*P*NDYT, ----.
• Variant Zerbanitu, Z=rB*NETW, ----.
• Variant Zer-panitum, Z=rP*NET1M.

Geography/Culture: Semitic.
Linguistic Note: probably from a Sinaitic script form of b'lt, with the Egyptologists vowel addition conventions.
Male Associate: Baal, Lord, Master.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• See also pre-Islamic Arabian Al-Lat, The-Lady, a variant of the name of Lat, Lady.
• Title of Astart, Conceiving-Womb.
• Transcription variant Baalath.
• Transcription variant Balat.
• Perhaps a late variant of Belit, Lady, below.
• She is identified with Egyptian Hat-Hor, Womb-of-the-Sun.

Geography/Culture: Sumerian, Babylonian.
Linguistic Note: Some say the name of Her consort, Bel, (generally translated as Lord), is a masculinization of Her name but philologists agree in finding single syllabic words the older form in a language; Belili is more likely a feminization of his name. Some say Her name is ultimately related to Slavic beli, white, Latin bellus, beautiful, Goidelic bile, sacred tree, Mediaeval Latin billa and billus, branch, trunk of tree. Related English word: billet.
Description: White Goddess of the moon, wells, springs, love and the underworld {the understanding world}; Queen of trees; Ruler of the north wind; perhaps Goddess of childbirth Who nourishes kings with Her milk.
To Whom Sacred: all trees, but especially willow.
Male Associates: son/consort, Bel, Lord, {...something missing perhaps ...} earth God. Brother/lover Du'uzu (or Tammuz), corn and pomegranate God.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• The Jews masculinised and demonized Her as Belial, (beliy ya'al), That-from-Which-One-Comes-Not-Up-Again.
• Compare Ashtoreth, ----, Who is linked with Astart, Conceivingk-Womb.
• Babylonian Belit, Lady, below, may be a variant.
• Perhaps variant Belit-Ili Lady-of-the-Gods.
• Mother of Danae, She-Who-Judges.
• She is associated with Ereshkigal, Queen-of-Deadland.
• Phyllis, Leafy., may be a humble Greek version of Her.
• Title Salma, ----, Who is linked with Salmaone, Leafy.

Geography/Culture: Babylonia: Nipur.
Linguistic Note: feminine form of Bel. Presumably related to Assyrian Beltu, Lady, {see Encyc Brit v7 632c for cuneiform}.
Description: She Who nourished kings with Her sacred milk; Bestower of sovereignty.
Male Associate: Bel, Lord, Master.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Perhaps etymologically related to Semitic Baalat, Lady, above.
• Perhaps variant of Belili, Great-Lady, above.
• Ishtar, Light-Giving, is regarded as Belit par excellence.
• See also Belit-Mati, {Lady-Mother}, below.
• See also Belit-Seri, ----, qv Ereshkigal, Queen-of-Deadland.
• Perhaps Beltia, ----, the alternate name for Zarpanit, Silver-Shining, (above), is a variant.
• Greek rendering Beltis.
• A title of Nin-Lil, Lady-of-Power, below.

Geography/Culture: ??
Linguistic Note: for Belit-, see above. For the -Mati element a possible relationship with Russian Mati, Mother, suggests itself. See Mati-Syra-Zemlja linguistic note.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Ishtar, Light-Giving, also has the title Belit-Mati, {Lady-Mother}.
• {I also find in my notes a Belit-Matate, B]LYT-M1T*TA, ----, -- which looks like a variant -- but nothing further.}

Geography/Culture: Sumer: Nippur.
Description: Ruler of heaven and earth; Mother of the Deities.
To Whom Sacred: votive offerings.
Male Associate: son, Ninurta, Throne-Carrier by consort: Enlil.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Adopted as a title of Ishtar, Light-Giving.
• She is identified with Sud, ----. {I can find no other reference to this name on disk - perhaps a typo?}
• Perhaps alternate name, or a title of Zarpanit, Silver-Shining, above.
• Title Belit, Lady, above.
• Also a title of Nin-Kharsag, Lady-of-the-Mountain.
• Nin-Makh, Great-Lady{Bright-Mother-of-the-Hollow, Who is linked with Aruru, is a title of Nin-Lil, Lady-of-Power.