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| In the ] ] of ] and the ] religion of ], '''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 ] religion of ], '''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 ] in his 1899 publication of ''Aradia |
Another theory, first suggested by ] in his ] publication of '']'', 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 ] | ||
| Aradia is believed by most adherents of Stregheria to have been ] into a woman named ] in the early 1300s. | Aradia is believed by most adherents of Stregheria to have been ] into a woman named ] in the early 1300s. | ||
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In the Syncreto-Pagan religion of Stregheria and the Neopagan religion of 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, or 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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