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The only way to understand a woman is to love her; The old wooden spoon beats me down; The only way to find a friend is to be one; The pen is mightier than the sword; The pot calling the kettle black; The proof of the pudding is in the eating; The rich get richer and the poor get poorer; The road to Hell is paved with good intentions
They are folkloric old women who may be characterized as disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with magical or supernatural associations that can make them either helpful or obstructive. The Crone is also an archetypal figure or a Wise Woman. As a character type, the crone shares characteristics with the hag.
Finally, with her task complete, the hen asks who will help her eat the bread. This time the animals eagerly accept, but the hen refuses, stating that no one helped her with her work and decides to eat the bread herself. In some books, the Little Red Hen (though she did eat the bread all by herself) decides to give her friends another chance.
The Lost Princess (1875), a fairy tale novel by George MacDonald, first published as The Wise Woman: A Parable; The Wise Woman of Hoxton, a 17th-century play; Wise woman of Abel, an unnamed figure in the Hebrew Bible; Woman of Tekoa, also called a wise woman in the Hebrew Bible
Verses 10–31 of this chapter, also called Eshet Ḥayil (אשת חיל, woman of valor), form a poem in praise of the good wife, a definition of a perfect wife or "ideal woman" in the nation of Israel, who is 'an industrious housewife, a shrewd businesswoman, an enterprising trader, a generous benefactor (verse 20) and a wise teacher (verse ...
Gambara is a Germanic wise woman (also called priestess or seeress) who appears in several sources from the 8th to 12th centuries. The legend is about the origin of the Langobard people , then known as the Winnili, and it takes place either before they emigrated from Scandinavia or after their migration, having settled in modern-day northern ...
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A depiction of the woman of Tekoa before David, by Caspar Luiken. The woman of Tekoa is an unnamed figure in the Hebrew Bible. She appears in 2 Samuel 14, after Absalom has been banished following his murder of Amnon. Joab wants David to be reconciled to Absalom, and he sends to Tekoa to find a "wise woman". Joab tells the woman to pretend to ...