Grimassi called his specific teachings on Stregheira the "Aridian Tradition" from 1980, after Aradia of Tuscany, an alleged messianic figure known as the "goddess of the witches", viewed within the "Arician Tradition" as a witch who revived the Old Religion.
Grimassi called his specific teachings on Stregheira the "Aridian Tradition" from 1980, after Aradia, an alleged messianic figure seen by some as the "goddess of the witches" worshipped in Tuscany. However within the "Arician Tradition" the Aradia figure is not viewed as a goddess but as a witch who revived the Old Religion.