'''マリヤ'''(Maliya)は青銅器時代のヒッタイト人が崇拝していた女神である。マリヤは川を神格化したものである可能性が高いが、庭園や職人技、特に革細工や大工仕事にも関連していた。マリヤに関する最も古い記録は、カネシュの古アッシリア文書で確認される。カネシュは、後世の伝承でもマリヤとの関係が続いているが、マリヤはハットゥッサやヒッタイト帝国の他の場所でも崇拝されていた。(Maliya)は青銅器時代のヒッタイト人が崇拝していた女神である。マリヤは川を神格化したものである可能性が高いが、庭園や職人技、特に革細工や大工仕事にも関連していた。マリヤに関する最も古い記録は、カネシュの古アッシリア文書で確認される。カネシュは、後世の伝承でもマリヤとの関係が続いているが、マリヤはハットゥッサやヒッタイト帝国の他の場所でも崇拝されていた。また、キッズワトナの文書にも登場し、クマンニに寺院があり、フルリの神々と一緒に崇拝されていたことがわかる。
'''Maliya''' was a goddess worshiped by [[Hittites]] in the [[Bronze Age]]. She was most likely a deified river in origin, but she was also associated with gardens and with artisanship, specifically with leatherworking and carpentry. The oldest attestations of her have been identified in the Old Assyrian texts from [[Kanesh]]. This city continued to be associated with her in later tradition, though she was also worshiped in [[Hattusa]] and elsewhere in the [[Hittite Empire]]. She is also present in texts originating in [[Kizzuwatna]], which indicate she had a temple in [[Kummanni]], where she was worshiped alongside various [[Hurrian deities]].
It is assumed that a similarly named goddess attested in [[Lycian language|Lycian]] texts from the first millennium BCE corresponds to earlier Hittite Maliya. She was worshiped in Rhodiapolis and in other cities in Lycia, and might have been a war goddess. '''Malis''', known from [[Lydian language|Lydian]] sources and from references in [[Greek literature]], is also assumed to be a derivative of Maliya by most authors. A text from Lesbos describes her as a weaver. The Lycian and Lydian forms of Maliya were regarded as analogous to Greek Athena, though it remains a matter of debate among researchers how was the correspondence between them initially established. Malis also survived in Greek sources as the name of one of the [[naiad]]s responsible for kidnapping [[Hylas]], or alternatively as a slave of queen [[Omphale]].