Mylitta

Anunnaki deity, Babylonian goddess of love and fertility, akin to Ishtar.

Core Themes

• Love and fertility.
• Linked to Babylonian Mythology.

Related Concepts & Sources

Ishtar (alternate name), Ishtar's Descent (narrative), Pantheon (context)

Scholarly entry: Ninlil (Mulliltu, Mullissu, Mylitta) (goddess), Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (Oracc, University of Pennsylvania).

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions
• The Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Dalley, S. 1979. " d NIN.LÍL = mul(l)is(s)u, the treaty of Barga'yah, and Herodotus' Mylitta." Revue d'Assyriologie 73 : 177-178.
• Kessler, K. 2012. "Mylissa, Mylitta." Brill's New Pauly Antiquity volumes edited by H. Cancik and H. Schneider. Brill Online. (restricted access: http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/mylissa-mylitta-e814100 [http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/mylissa-mylitta-e814100] )
• Krebernik, M. 1998-2001. "Ninlil." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9 , pp. 452-561. Berlin: de Gruyter.