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Bel (; from Akkadian ''bēlu''), signifying "lord" or "master", is a title rather than a genuine name, applied to various gods in the Mesopotamian religion of Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia. The feminine form is ''Belit'' 'Lady, Mistress'. ''Bel'' is represented in Greek as Belos and in Latin as Belus. Linguistically ''Bel'' is an East Semitic form cognate with Northwest Semitic Baal with the same meaning. Early translators of Akkadian believed that the ideogram for the god called in Sumerian ''Enlil'' was to be read as ''Bel'' in Akkadian. This is now known to be incorrect; but one finds ''Bel'' used in referring to Enlil in older translations and discussions. ''Bel'' became especially used of the Babylonian god Marduk and when found in Assyrian and neo-Babylonian personal names or mentioned in inscriptions in a Mesopotamian context it can usually be taken as referring to Marduk and no other god. Similarly ''Belit'' without some disambiguation mostly refers to Bel Marduk's spouse Sarpanit. However Marduk's mother, the Sumerian goddess called Ninhursag, Damkina, Ninmah and other names in Sumerian, was often known as ''Belit-ili'' 'Lady of the Gods' in Akkadian. Of course other gods called "Lord" could be and sometimes were identified totally or in part with Bel Marduk. The god Malak-bel of Palmyra is an example, though in the later period from which most of our information comes he seems to have become very much a sun god. Similarly Zeus Belus mentioned by Sanchuniathon as born to Cronus/El in Peraea is certainly most unlikely to be Marduk. ==See also== * Ba‘al * Bel and the Dragon * Belial * Belus (disambiguation) * *Belus (Assyrian) * *Belus (Babylonian) * *Belus (Egyptian) * EN (cuneiform) * Marduk 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bel (mythology)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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