Dissociation from local origins to become the supreme lord of the lower world; and 4.

The transfer of his name and powers as god of Nippur to Marduk, the god of Babylon.
The last two phases can best be set forth when we come to the period, marked by the political supremacy of the city of Babylon.

It is sufficient, at this point, to have made clear his position as god of Nippur.
Nin-lil or Belit.
The consort of En-lil is Nin-Lil, the 'mistress of the lower world.' She is known also as Belit, the feminine form to Bel, _i.e._, the lady _par excellence_.

She, too, had her temple at Nippur, the age of which goes back, at least, to the first dynasty of Ur.

But the glory of the goddess pales by the side of her powerful lord.