herodias, n.All

Herodias (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a twin name in a text of mimetic twins: mother and daughter, Herod and brother, Herod and Herodias, each echoing the other.

Herodias (n.) believes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠she is manipulating the desires, while a more mimetic understanding sees that she is herself manipulated by her desire.

Herodias (n.) inverts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the ritual function, wanting the victim's death more than the community's reconciliation, and so returns sacrifice to its murderous origin.