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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 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 nature of women. The crone highlights the importance of [[beauty]] and [[youth]] among women, and how older and elderly women are no longer desirable, often turned bitter and evil in their old age. In media, the crone often acts out of jealousy, luring young pretty women into bad situations, such as seen in the tale ''[[Snow White]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Santos |first1=Cristina |first2=Jonathan |last2=Allan A. |chapter=WOMEN, MONSTROUS |pages=612–616 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHbeCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA612 |editor1-last=Weinstock |editor1-first=Jeffrey Andrew |title=The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-04426-0 }}</ref>
==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
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]] suggest 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 one’s authority as a leader, "before this understanding, the crown, la corona, was understood to mean the halo of light around a person’s body. La corona was considered to shine more brightly when a person was clear, filled with love and justice."<ref name=Estes2011/> Thus, Estes suggests, the Crone is one who reflects this enhanced degree of clarity and in/sight.▼
▲[[Clarissa Pinkola Estes]]
==Examples==
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 }}{{page needed|date=April 2024}}</ref>
In the local folklore of [[Somerset]] in
In [[Cuba]]n traditional folklore
== See also ==
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