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	In the ] ]s of ] and ], '''Aradia''' was the daughter of ] and ]. Some believe Her to have been the ] equivalent of the ] ], the daughter of ] and ], however there is very little evidence that such a character existed in Greek mythology. Oddly, there exist ] inscriptions in Italy reported by ] to have been dedicated to a goddess named ''Hera Dea''.		In the ] ] of ] and the ]], '''Aradia''' was the daughter of ] and ]. Some believe Her to have been the ] equivalent of the ] ], the daughter of ] and ], however there is very little evidence that such a character existed in Greek mythology. Oddly, there exist ] inscriptions in Italy reported by ] to have been dedicated to a goddess named ''Hera Dea''.

	Another theory, first suggested by Charles Godfrey Leland in his 1899 publication of ''Aradia: The Gospel of the Witches'', is that the name "Aradia" is a corruption of "Cult of ]". In ], ''herodias'' is the word for "]", the bird; in ] the same bird is ''ardea''. Some suggest she is derived from the Greek ] consort of ]		Another theory, first suggested by Charles Godfrey Leland in his 1899 publication of ''Aradia: The Gospel of the Witches'', is that the name "Aradia" is a corruption of "Cult of ]". In ], ''herodias'' is the word for "]", the bird; in ] the same bird is ''ardea''. Some suggest she is derived from the Greek ] consort of ]

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In the Syncreto-Paganism religion of Stregheria and the Neopagan Wicca, Aradia was the daughter of Diana and Lucifer. Some believe Her to have been the Roman equivalent of the Greek Hera Dea, the daughter of Artemis and Phosporus, however there is very little evidence that such a character existed in Greek mythology. Oddly, there exist Celtic inscriptions in Italy reported by Carlo Ginzburg to have been dedicated to a goddess named Hera Dea.

Another theory, first suggested by Charles Godfrey Leland in his 1899 publication of Aradia: The Gospel of the Witches, is that the name "Aradia" is a corruption of "Cult of Herodias". In Greek, herodias is the word for "heron", the bird; in Latin the same bird is ardea. Some suggest she is derived from the Greek Ariadne consort of Dionysus

Aradia is believed by most adherents of Stregheria to have been incarnated into a woman named Aradia de Toscano in the early 1300s.

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