Herodias,   Feminine

ORIGIN: greek  /  latin 
NAME ROOT: HÉROS AOIDÉ / ÒIDÉ > HÉRÒIDIÁS
NATIVE NAME ROOT: HÉROS (ηPΩΣ) AOIDÉ (OΙΔH) OIDÉ (ψΔH) HÉRODÉS ('HP'ΩΔHΣ) HÉRODIÁS ('HP'ΩΔΙ'AΣ)

MEANING:

This name derives from the Ancient Greek name “Heróides ('Hρωoηç)”, composed of two elements: “héros (ηρως)” (watch over, protect, A hero of the Trojan War) plus “aoidé (oιση) oidé (ωση)” (song, ode, legend, tale, story). In turn the name means “song of the hero, hero song, heroic one”. She was the goddess of magic, protectress of witches.

It appears that Herodias, the wife of Herod Antipas, in Christian mythology of the early medieval period, came to be seen as a spirit condemned to wander the sky forever due to her part in the death of John the Baptist, permitted only to rest in treetops between midnight and dawn. Aradia is one of the most important characters of witchcraft, called the holy strega. She was born on august 11, 1313 ad in Volterra, Tuscany, north of Italy. In Leland's Gospel, Aradia is portrayed as a Messiah who was sent to Earth in order to teach the oppressed peasants how to perform witchcraft to use against the Roman Catholic Church and the upper classes.

The spelling HERODIAS is “Ancient Greek – Latinized”
The spelling Heroidiás is “Ancient Greek” rendered in the English alphabet—seemingly pronounced eroidiás
The spelling Irodiás is “Modern Greek” rendered in the English alphabet

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Herodias in Biblical Greek
Hρωδιας

History: Origins of the Name, Aradia
Who was Aradia? by Sabina Magliocco
Aradia home page