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| Etymology of the name: Aradia comes from the name ], a witch goddess that was worshipped since the Middle Age. | Etymology of the name: Aradia comes from the name ], a witch goddess that was worshipped since the Middle Age. | ||
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| There was never a goddess named Herodias that was worshipped since the Middle Ages. The ] initiated the belief that heretics BELIEVED that Diana was a goddess. But never was the claim made that these heretics worshipped Diana. | |||
| The Canon Episcopi was followed by the ] and then the ]. Both of the tractatī merely quoted the Canon Episcopi. | |||
| The name Aradia never appeared in written form until C. G. Leland's publication of the book entitled ] in 1890. | |||
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In Wiccan tradition, Aradia was the daughter of Diana and Lucifer. She was a goddess of witchcraft, and was said to have taught witches their craft.
Etymology of the name: Aradia comes from the name Herodias, a witch goddess that was worshipped since the Middle Age.