A goddess is a female super-natural being always of a higher power. Many cultures have goddesses. Most often these goddesses are part of a belief that includes several signigant high powers. Pantheons in various cultures can include both goddesses and gods, and in some cases also of intersexual beings.

In both ancient and modern cultures, the symbolism of gendered beings is open to a wide variety of interpretations. The primacy of a monotheistic or near-monotheistic goddess is advocated by some modern matriarchists and pantheists as a female version of, or analogue to, the Abrahamic god. In some feminist circles the Abrahamic god is perceived as being rooted in the patriarchal concept of dominance — to the exclusion of feminine concepts