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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 [[Wicca]], the crone symbolizes the Dark Goddess, the [[far side of the Moon|dark side of the
==In feminism==
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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==
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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 |edition=5th |date=2022 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |url=https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=crone }}</ref>
[[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 evil and [[cannibalistic]]. She lives in a hut surrounded by the bones of her victims, one which can only be entered by magic. Anyone who tried entering, would find themselves dead.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bane |first1=Theresa |title=Encyclopedia of Mythological Objects |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-7688-3 }}{{ In the local folklore of [[Somerset]] in [[South West England]], the Woman of the Mist is said to appear sometimes as a crone gathering sticks; sightings of her were reported as late as the 1950s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Briggs |first1=Katharine Mary |chapter=Forgotten Gods and nature spirits |pages=48–57 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=si_cXO1yJNwC&pg=PA48 |title=The Fairies in Tradition and Literature |date=2002 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-28601-5 }}</ref> In the [[Scottish Highlands]] tale "The Poor Brother and the Rich", a crone refuses to stay buried, until her son-in-law provides a generous [[Wake (ceremony)|wake]], after which he becomes as wealthy as his more fortunate brother.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=The Poor Brother and the Rich |pages=237–243 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ufCBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA237 |editor1-last=Campbell |editor1-first=John Francis |title=Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected |date=1890 |publisher=A. Gardner |hdl=2027/mdp.39015024662390 |oclc=609004831 }}</ref>
In [[Cuba]]n traditional folklore
== See also ==
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