A.T. Robertson Commentary Matthew 14:11

"And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother." — Matthew 14:11 (ASV)

She brought it to her mother (ηνεγκεν τη μητρ αυτης). A gruesome picture as Herodias with fiendish delight witnesses the triumph of her implacable hatred of John for daring to reprove her for her marriage with Herod Antipas. A woman scorned is a veritable demon, a literal she-devil when she wills to be. Kipling's "female of the species" again. Legends actually picture Salome as in love with John, sensual lust, of which there is no proof.