Goddess Clan

The Goddess Clan is one of the five major races in the world of Nanatsu no Taizai.

Overview
Three thousand years ago, the Goddess Clan waged a great war against the Demon Clan but they are so equal in terms of power and strength which none could not defeat each other properly which created a balance of power between both races in Britannia.

However when Meliodas had betrayed his own people for reasons unknown and severely crippled their strength by killing two original members of the Ten Commandments, the Goddesses took this as an opportunity to defeat the Demons with the combined powers of the Giant Clan, Fairy Clan and humans that they allied themselves. This was the sudden change in the balance of power which has tipped the scales of favor for the Goddess Clan.

As a result, the Demon Clan was ultimately defeated by Goddesses and their allied clans and sealed away in the Coffin of Eternal Darkness for many years until the present day.

Despite their victory against the Demons, the Goddess Clan lost so much of their power and physical forms that they could not remain in the physical world for too long and retreated back to their realm to recover their losses, leaving only the Horn of Cernunnos as its only ritualistic relic to communicate with anyone using it and left a deep religious impact on the people of Britannia.

The only real evidence of their existence is the Druids, a group of humans who worshiped the Goddesses and nature, and despises Demons although Meliodas seemed to be an exception for unknown reasons.

For another unknown reasons, the Goddess Clan still despise Meliodas despite his role that turned his own clan to the brink of defeat by their hand as they ordered Ban of the Seven Deadly Sins to kill him in exchange for resurrecting Elaine back to life by their power via the Horn underneath the underground depths of the Kingdom of Liones.

Appearance
Many of the Goddess Clan are believed and are actually to have angelic appearances with wings that were shown through Elizabeth Liones, when she first activated her powers as the Apostle of the Goddesses.

In combat, they were shown to wear full-plate armor with long battle dress similar to most female Holy Knights depending on their choice of wear.

Physiology
Goddesses are almost similar to female humans albeit they are more taller, larger and angelic looking with wings on their backs. Like the rest of the four races, they are long-lived in terms of lifespan and possibly immortal in spiritual sense. They were also stated to have physical forms that allows them to manifest and interact on the human realm but lost them in the aftermath of the Ancient War, as one Goddess was cut to pieces by Meliodas in one blow of his blade when young Estarossa was nearly eviscerated in battle for example.

Powers and Abilities
The Goddess Clan is an extremely powerful race able to stand on equal ground with the Demon Clan, although it required the cooperation of the fairies, giants, and humans to seal them. Many demons consider themselves above those of other races. Members of the Goddess Clan share several common abilities:
 * Power of Light: Goddesses has the power of light that can used offensively and defensively that opposes darkness wielded by the Demons as shown through Elizabeth easily fending off Hendrickson's Dark Nebula and severely harmed him in his Gray Demon form at the same time.
 * Healing: They can use their light be used to mend grave wounds that would have been fatal, as shown through Elizabeth able to heal injuries of her comrades and even enemies.
 * Flight: Given the nature of their wings befitting them of angelic appearances, this presumably allows the Goddesses to fly.
 * Resurrection: According to Ban, the Goddess Clan are said to possess the ability to resurrect the deceased back to life with the power of light although it remains debatable if they can actually bring a dead person back to life.