Hipta

Hipta (Ancient Greek: Ἵπτα) is an Anatolian goddess attested in inscriptions from the Katakekaumene region of Lydia, and addressed in the forty-ninth of the Orphic Hymns. In the inscriptions which mention her, which date roughly to between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, she is called "Mother Hipta" and is often mentioned alongside the Phrygian god Sabazios. This epigraphic evidence indicates that Hipta and Sabazios were the subject of worship in the region, and suggests that there existed a sanctuary dedicated to the two gods in the area.

In the Orphic Hymns, she is described as the nurse of Dionysus, who raises him on Mount Tmolus, and as exulting the rites of Sabazios. The hymn addressed to Hipta is also strongly connected with the previous hymn in the collection, which is addressed to Sabazios. The 5th-century AD Neoplatonist Proclus attributes to the mythical poet Orpheus a work titled On Hipta, and relates a story in which Hipta carries the young Dionysus in a líknon, a tale which appears to align with the account given in the Orphic Hymns.