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Hag

A hag is a wizened old woman, or a kind of fairy, witch, or goddess having the appearance of such a woman, often found in folklore and children's tales such as "Hansel and Gretel". Hags are often seen as malevolent, but may also be one of the chosen forms of shapeshifting deities, such as The Morrígan or Badb, who are seen as neither wholly benevolent…

In folklore, Etymology & In Western literature

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Etymology

In folklore

In Western literature

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Hag

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples75
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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related to In folklore · 24
Hag → According, English, Germanic, Grendel, Grindylow, In, In Northern England, It, Jenny Greenteeth, Many, Marianne, Nelly Longarms, Night Hag, North American, Old English, Old Hag, Parents, Peg Powler, River Tees, Scandinavian
related to Further reading · 16
Hag → Candle, Carl, Dark, Differences, Evans, June, Kettlewell, Lipscomb, Old Hag Attacks, Percept, PMID, Pt, Sagan, Science, Skills, The Demon-Haunted World
related to Etymology · 10
Hag → All, As, Dutch, German Hexe, Middle Dutch, Middle English, Old English, Old High German, Proto-Germanic, The
related to In Western literature · 10
Hag → Building, Charles Kingsley, European, Greek Fairy Tales For, In, In The Heroes, Italian Renaissance, My Children, Petrarch, Scylla
see also · 9
Hag → Baba YagaBansheeBatibatBlack AnnisBoo, Dragons, Dungeons, GigThe Witch, ImpKikimoraMuma PăduriiQueen, KruegerGoblinHag, Sea HagSheela, Snow White, WiccaWicked
related to External links · 5
Hag → Hags, Media, Met, Wikimedia CommonsHenry Fuseli's, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 1
Hag → wizened old woman

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hags old also witch folklore often fairy goddess literature english woman tales seen word related tale would children baba hero

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Hagis awizened old woman0.90text
Hagrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Hagrelated to EtymologyMiddle English0.60section
Hagrelated to EtymologyOld English0.60section
Hagrelated to EtymologyDutch0.60section
Hagrelated to EtymologyGerman Hexe0.60section
Hagrelated to EtymologyMiddle Dutch0.60section
Hagrelated to EtymologyOld High German0.60section
Hagrelated to EtymologyAll0.60section
Hagrelated to EtymologyProto-Germanic0.60section
Hagrelated to EtymologyAs0.60section
Hagrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section

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