Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches were people oppressed by feudal lands, the former revenging themselves in every way, and holding orgies to Diana which the Church represented as being the worship of Satan". Diana is not only the witches' goddess, but is presented as the primordial creatrix in Chapter III, dividing herself into darkness and light. After giving birth to Lucifer, Diana seduces him while in the form of a cat, eventually giving birth to Aradia, their daughter. Diana demonstrates the power of her witchcraft by creating "the heavens, the stars and the rain", becoming "Queen of the Witches". Chapter I presents the original witches
In the Hand of the Goddess is said that Alex's squire is Geoffrey of Meron: ""...Only Alex and his Squire, Geoffery of Meron, seemed unaffected by Delia..."" In the Hand of the Goddess In the Hand of the Goddess is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the second in a series of four books, "The Song of the Lioness". It details the squire- and knighthood of Alanna of Trebond, who has hidden her real sex in order to become a knight. Alanna, now squire to Prince Jonathan of Conte, has to protect her dreams of knighthood and friends through their first war with Tusaine. She slowly