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==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|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|date=2004|pages=153–154|isbn=9780813129631 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8LLxZXqgJdwC
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=9780805027013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojccFpRU8DwC
In the local folklore of [[Somerset]] in southwest 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|first=Katherine Mary|last=Briggs|title=The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature|publisher=University of Chicago Press|orig-date=1967|date=1989|page=41|isbn=9780947792183 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wkc9AAAAIAAJ
In [[Cuba]]n traditional folklore old women often appear as helpful characters, as in the tale of the sick man who cannot get well until he meets an old woman who advises him to wear the tunic of a man who is truly happy. According to writer [[Alma Flor Ada]], "They tend to be the ones who keep the family together, who pass on the traditions, who know the remedies that would cure the different illnesses".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/10/28/450657717/why-are-old-women-often-the-face-of-evil-in-fairy-tales-and-folklore|title=Why Are Old Women Often The Face Of Evil In Fairy Tales And Folklore?|date=28 October 2015|first=Elizabeth|last=Blair|website=[[National Public Radio]]}}</ref>
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