[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/goddess.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / goddess

[← G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/G/)

# goddess

«goddess» in Mova's school dictionary: **a female god, a powerful being in some religions and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a goddess, goddesses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A goddess is a female god, a powerful being in some religions and myths, such as Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom, or Freya in Norse myths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goddess/#m1)

2) (informal) A goddess is a woman who is greatly admired, for her beauty or for being very good at something («a sports goddess»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goddess/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons on Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Vikings, children learn about many gods and goddesses. Hindus today worship goddesses such as Lakshmi and Durga. Christians, Jews and Muslims believe in one God and do not speak of goddesses. In everyday talk «goddess» is high praise.

### examples

- Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goddess/#x1)
- The Romans called the goddess of love Venus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goddess/#x2)
- Isis was an important Egyptian goddess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goddess/#x3)
- Hindus pray to the goddess Lakshmi at Diwali. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goddess/#x4)
- The temple was built for a goddess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goddess/#x5)
- The fans called the tennis star a goddess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goddess/#x6)
- Each Greek goddess had her own symbol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goddess/#x7)
- Libitina was the goddess who presided over funerals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goddess/#x8)

### note

Plural: goddesses. Write «God» with a capital for the one God of Christians, Jews and Muslims; «a god» and «a goddess» with small letters for gods of myths. Be respectful about living religions.

### In the corpora

- [The wise owl idea comes from ancient Greece, where the owl was the bird of Athena, the goddess of wisdom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/14/)
- [For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the detestation of the Ammonites.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.413/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «goddess» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goddess/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.