Ningal ("Great Lady/Queen") was a goddess of reeds in the
Sumerian mythology, daughter of
Enki and
Ningikurga and the consort of the moon god
Nanna by whom she bore
Utu the sun god,
Inanna, and in some texts,
Ishkur. She is chiefly recognised at Ur, and was probably first worshipped by cow-herders in the marsh lands of southern Mesopotamia.