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[[File:Baba Yaga by Koka (1916).gif|thumb|[[Baba Yaga]] (right), of [[Slavic folklore]], is a crone. ]]
In [[folklore]], a '''crone''' is an old woman who may be characterized as disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with [[Magic (supernatural)|magical]] or [[supernatural]] associations that can make her either helpful or obstructive. The Crone is also an [[Archetype|archetypal]] figure or a [[Wise Old Man and Wise Old Woman|Wise Woman]]. As a character type, the crone shares characteristics with the [[hag]]. The word became further specialized as the third aspect of the [[Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)|Triple Goddess]] popularized by [[Robert Graves]] and subsequently in some forms of [[neopaganism]]
==In feminism== In [[feminist]] spiritual circles, a "Croning" is a [[ritual]] [[rite of passage]] into an era of [[wisdom]], [[freedom]], and personal power.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Payerle |first1=Margaret |title=The Croning Ceremony |journal=The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs |date=2016 |volume=3 |issue=1 |url=https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/jtb/vol3/iss1/11/ }}</ref> According to scholar [[Clarissa Pinkola Estés]], the Crone is "the one who sees far, who looks into the spaces between the worlds and can literally see what is coming, what has been, and what is now and what underlies and stands behind many things. [...] The Crone represents the ability to see, more than just with one’s eyes alone, but to see with the heart’s eyes, with the soul’s eyes, through the eyes of the creative force and the animating force of the psyche."<ref name=Estes2011>{{cite AV media |type=Audiobook on CD |last1=Estes |first1=Clarissa Pinkola |title=The Power of the Crone: Myths and Stories of the Wise Woman Archetype |date=2011 |publisher=Sounds True |isbn=978-1-60407-432-1 |oclc=800011416 }}</ref>
==In patriarchal societies ==
As a [[social construct]], the crone, along with many other female [[monsters]] is present in many [[patriarchal]] societies to warn of the
==Etymology==
As a noun, ''crone'' entered the English language around the year 1390, deriving from the [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-French]] word ''carogne'' (an insult), itself deriving from the Old North French ''charogne'', ''caroigne'', meaning a disagreeable woman (literally meaning "[[carrion]]"). Prior to the entrance of the word into English, the surname Hopcrone is recorded (around 1323–1324).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barnhart |first1=Robert K. |title=Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology |date=1995 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-06-270084-1 }}{{page needed|date=July 2023}}</ref>
In more modern usage, ''crone'' is also defined as a "woman who is venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom."<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=crone |encyclopedia=The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
[[Clarissa Pinkola Estes]] suggests that the word ''crone'' may derive from the word [[crown]] (or, la corona). While a crown is known as a circlet that goes around the head and establishes
==Examples==
In [[Norse myth]], [[Thor]] wrestles the crone [[Elli]] who personifies old age.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jane|last=Chance |title=Tolkien and the Invention of Myth |title-link=Tolkien and the Invention of Myth |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |date=2004 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=8LLxZXqgJdwC&pg=PA153 153–154] |isbn=978-0-8131-2963-1}}</ref>
The [[Slavic folklore|Slavic]] witch [[Baba Yaga]] is a crone and [[liminality|liminal]] guardian to the [[Otherworld]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Roy G.|last=Willis|title=World Mythology|publisher=Macmillan|date=1993|page=209|isbn=978-0-8050-2701-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojccFpRU8DwC&dq=crone+myth+OR+folklore+OR+folktale+-%22Triple+-Goddess%22+-neopagan+-neopaganism+-wicca+-wiccan&pg=PA209}}</ref> Baba Yaga was once a kind [[fairy]], but eventually became In the local folklore of [[Somerset]] in
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== See also ==
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