Name Aradia
Gender Feminine
Usage Folklore (Italian, ?)
Other Forms FormsArada, Araja
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Meaning & History
Allegedly a Tuscan dialectical form of ERODIADE. According to 'Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches' (1899), a book composed by American folklorist Charles Leland, she was a goddess in regional Italian folklore, who gave the knowledge of witchcraft to women.