Aradia
Aradia is known as the "Queen of the Witches" in Charles Godfrey Leland's concept. The concept of a Dianic queen of spirits influenced the neopagan cultures that developed from Leland's portrayal of Aradia. The Faerie faith and McFarland Dianic tradition developed from the same source.
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When
- First attested
- 1800 CE
- Attested period
- 1800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Developed from Charles Godfrey Leland's 19th-century concept, influencing modern neopagan traditions.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- seely wights, Cain, Laverna, Doñas de fuera, Quene of Elfame, Herodias, Abundia, Bensozia, Richella, Satia, Doamna Zînelor, Wanne Thekla
- child of
- Great Mother, Diana
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The concept of a Dianic queen of spirits influenced the neopagan cultures that developed from Charles Godfrey Leland's concept of Aradia "Queen of the Witches".”
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“The second paragraph is largely derived and paraphrased from the words that Aradia, the messianic daughter of Diana, speaks to her followers in Charles Godfrey Leland's 1899 book”
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“Some Wiccan traditions use the name Aradia, or Diana, to refer to the Goddess or Queen of the Witches, and Hutton writes that the earliest Gardnerian rituals used the name Airdia, a "garbled" form of Aradia. Hutton further suggests that the reason that Wicca includes skyclad practice, or ritual nudity, is because of a line spoken by Aradia”
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