A female deity.
"In ancient Greek mythology, Athena was revered as a powerful goddess of wisdom and war strategy."
The single goddess of various monotheistic religions.
"The concept of a singular female deity was central to some early interpretations of major monotheistic traditions, though it is not the standard definition in contemporary theology."
The word "goddess" comes from Middle English, combining the word for "god" with a suffix meaning "female." It was formed around 1350 to replace an earlier Old English term and first took on its figurative sense in Edmund Spenser's work in 1579.