Gentle bird comes from Greek goddess above (8)
I believe the answer is:
overhead
'above' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'gentle bird comes from greek goddess' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'bird' could be 'rhea' (rhea is a kind of bird) and 'rhea' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ved' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for overhead that I've seen before include "In the sky - type of door or projector" , "Cost of upkeep of business premises, etc" , "Immediately above" , "mostly sky-high?" , "St Petersburg royal residence" .)