Herodias

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

Recast in definition form from: “… mimetic twins in the text: the mother and daughter, Herod …”

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

Recast in definition form from: “… inverts and perverts the ritual function because the victim’s death …”

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

Recast in definition form from: “… A superior, more mimetic, and less differentiated understanding perceives that …”

herodias, n.Definitions