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In folklore, a crone is an old woman who may be characterized as disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with magical or supernatural associations that can make her either helpful or obsolete. The Crone is also an archetypical figure or a Wise Woman. As a character type, the crone shares characteristics with the hag.
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.
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.
The "Triple Goddess" symbol of the waxing, full and waning moon, representing the aspects of Maiden, Mother, and Crone [57] While most Neopagans are not Wiccan, and within Neopaganism the practices and theology vary widely, [58] many Wiccans and other neopagans worship the "Triple Goddess" of maiden, mother, and crone. In their view, sexuality ...
A groac'h (Breton for "fairy", "witch" or "crone", pl. groagez) is a kind of Breton water-fairy. Seen in various forms, often by night, many are old, similar to ogres and witches, sometimes with walrus teeth. Supposed to live in caverns, under the beach and under the sea, the groac'h has power over the forces of nature and can change its shape.
Coot: [10] A crazy and foolish old man; senile man. Cougar: [11] [12] An American slang term referring to older women who have romantic or sexual relations with younger men, although the term can also have a positive connotation depending on the situation or circumstance. Crone: [7] An ugly or witch-like old woman.
Beginning with Ernst Böklen's seminal study Schneewittchenstudien in 1915, folklorists have noted that the tale of Snow White (and by extension, tale type ATU 709) shows a combination of motifs present in other folktales: [3] the children in the woods (ATU 327, "Children and the Ogre" and or "Hansel and Gretel"); a heroine cursed into a deep sleep (ATU 410, "Sleeping Beauty"); treacherous ...
Cú Chulainn's geasa included a ban against eating dog meat, but in early Ireland there was a powerful general taboo against refusing hospitality, so when an old crone offers him a meal of dog meat, he has no choice but to break his geis. In this way he is spiritually weakened for the fight ahead of him.