Note 73.1 — The Evolution of Religion
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Cf. the prayer to Ninlil or Belit (a parallel form to Ischtar) of Asarhaddon, “may the lips of Nin-lil, the Mother of the Great God, utter daily a gracious word before Aschur for the King of Assyria” (Jastrow, op. cit. p. 525). Mary was chiefly worshipped in the same way as an intercessor.