same myth in a different role. In Ishtar's Descent, a late Akkadian reinterpretation of an earlier Sumerian myth, Belili listens to the laments heard when Dumuzi dies and has to enter the underworld. The term used to describe these sounds is ikkillu, "an inarticulate cry expressing suffering of high intensity." In the Desert by the Early Grass, a collection of laments dedicated to temporarily dying gods mourned by their respective mothers or sisters, mentions Belili alongside Amashilama, Ninazimua, Geshtinanna and three deities whose names are not preserved. References Bibliography External links Dumuzi's Dream in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature Mesopotamian goddesses