Lilith said, “We are equal to each other inasmuch as we were both created from the earth.” Lilith then pronounced the Tetragrammaton—the four-letter Hebrew theonym (The NAME of God, which is usually transliterated as YHWH or JHVH)—which allowed Lilith to sprout wings and fly away into the air. Theologically, the Tetragrammaton was the NAME of GOD spoken at creation.Why am I interested in Lilith?So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:27 kjv
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 2:7 kjv
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20 kjv
Remember an “apocryphal story” can be defined as a story of “doubtful veracity”.
C. G. Leland wrote on p. 103-104: Aradia is evidently enough Herodias, who was regarded in the beginning as associated with Diana as chief of the witches. This was not, as I opine, derived from the Herodias, of the New Testament, but from an earlier replica of Lilith, bearing the same name. It is, in fact, an identification or twin-ing of the Aryan and Shemitic Queens of Heaven, or of Night and of Sorcery, and it may be that this was known to the earliest myth-makers. So far back as the sixth century the worship of Herodias and Diana by witches was condemned by a Church Council at Ancyra. Pipernus and other writers have noted the evident identity of Herodias with Lilith. Isis preceded both.
The problem is Leland got part of it wrong. Yes, the name Herodias is spelt Erodis/Erodia because the "H" is dropped.
Yes, those Italian witches might well have venerated the Roman Goddess Diana. Maybe. Folklore is abundant and it cannot be controlled easily as it lives on the lips of those who retell it.
Likely the very Catholic church in Rome would have constantly been concerned about the Catholics attending Mass falling into heresy. The less educated perishoners would not have understood the words of the Mass in Latin.
So give C. G. Leland a break. He was a 19th century folklorist.
Finally, do your own research.
December 1, 2023