CHAPTER V.
THE CONSORTS OF THE GODS.
Attention has already been directed to the comparatively small number of female deities that appear in the inscriptions of the first period of Babylonian history.

We must, however, not conclude from this, that such deities did not exist in larger numbers.

On the contrary, we may feel certain that every god had his consort, and in some cases more than one.
Several instances of such consorts have been furnished in this chapter; but if the consorts of the larger number of these gods are unknown, it is because of the insignificant role that these consorts played.

The goddesses of Babylonia, with few exceptions, become mere shadowy reflections of the gods, with but little independent power, and in some cases none at all.

They owe what popularity they enjoyed to their association with their male companions.