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A '''Cult of Herodias''' is mentioned in some medieval sources. |
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The 10th century a fragment of text called the ''[[Canon Episcopi]]'' (attributed to an otherwise-unknown Council of Anquira) made mention of it as ''a perversion of the mind originated by Satan'', and consider the fable of the flying women accompanied by Diana to be a ''fantasy experienced while dreaming''.{{cn}} |
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[[John of Salisbury]], [[Bishops of Chartres|Bishop of Chartres]] (12th century) mentions such a cult in ''Policraticus'', naming the goddess Herodias and [[Noctiluca (goddess)|Noctiluca]], queen of the night. He mentioned the supposed participation of women and men in these meetings. He too considered the existence of this cult to be a fable at best. |
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[[Carlo Ginzburg]] supposes that the nocturnal goddess was originally ''[[Hera]]-Diana'' or ''Herodiana'', and was later [[Conflation|conflated]] with the biblical character of ''[[Herodias]]''<ref>{{cite book |last=Ginzburg |first=Carlo |authorlink=Carlo Ginzburg |year=1990 |title=Ecstasies: Deciphering the witches' sabbath |publisher=Hutchinson Radius |location=London |id=ISBN 0-09-174024-X |pages=p. 104}}</ref> |
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Among some modern [[Wicca]]ns, a similar figure is worshipped, called [[Aradia (goddess)|Aradia]], adopted from [[Charles Godfrey Leland|C.G. Leland]]'s book ''[[Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches]]'' (1899), which claims to be the traditional lore of a 19th century Italian society of witches.<ref>{{cite journal | author=Magliocco, Sabina | title=Who Was Aradia? The History and Development of a Legend | journal=Pomegranate: The Journal of Pagan Studies, | year=2002 | volume=18 | pages= – | url=http://chass.colostate-pueblo.edu/natrel/pom/pom18/aradia.html | format={{dead link|date=June 2008}} – <sup>[http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=intitle%3AWho+Was+Aradia%3F+The+History+and+Development+of+a+Legend&as_publication=Pomegranate%3A+The+Journal+of+Pagan+Studies%2C&as_ylo=2002&as_yhi=2002&btnG=Search Scholar search]</sup> }}</ref>. A similar figure from [[Romania]] is [[Doamna Zînelor]], also called ''Irodiada'' or ''Arada''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ginzburg |first=Carlo |authorlink=Carlo Ginzburg |title=Ecstasies: Deciphering the witches' sabbath |year=1990 |location=London |publisher=Hutchinson Radius |id=ISBN 0-09-174024-X |pages=p. 103}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==See also== |
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*[[Sexual orientation and Wicca]] |
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*[[Witch-cult hypothesis]] |
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*[[Skyclad (Neopaganism)|Skyclad]] |
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*[[History of Wicca]] |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.constitution.org/salisbury/policrat123.htm John of Salisbury's Policraticus] |
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[[Category:Fictional religions]] |
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[[Category:Medieval legends]] |
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