Crone

deity Wicca single tradition · 2

In Wicca, the crone symbolizes the Dark Goddess, the dark side of the Moon, the end of a cycle. The archetype of the Handsome Warlock, good or bad, may change a Crone or Hag to normal looks, if so desired.

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When

First attested
1944 CE
Attested period
1944 – 2020
Historical notes
Aspect of the Triple Goddess as described by Robert Graves.

Relationships

aspect of
Triple Goddess
has aspect
Ana
syncretized with
Hecate

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Sources

Source passages

“As a noun, crone entered the English language around the year 1390, deriving from the Anglo-French word carogne (an insult), itself deriving from the Old North French charogne, caroigne, meaning a disagreeable woman (literally meaning "carrion").”

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“Ronald Hutton argues that the concept of the triple moon goddess as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, each facet corresponding to a phase of the moon, is a modern creation of Graves'”

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