Female deities (9)
I believe the answer is:
goddesses
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">female deities</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for goddesses that I've seen before include "Iris and Isis, for example" , "Female deities" .)