Title: Common Characteristics of Historical Hags and Banshees
Work: Techno-Puritan Supplemental Writings
Citation: TPS 75.3
Words: 76
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### Common Characteristics of Historical Hags and Banshees

- Often appearing in swamps or in liminal areas
- Responsible only for themselves
  - Not moored to a husband, church, family, or children
- Female
  - The male version of liminal, unmoored humans is:
    - Marauder / vagrant / outlaw / bandit
    - Hermit / wild man of the woods
    - Wizard
    - Trickster
- Chaotic figures that,
  - When doing good: Provide warnings, cures, healing, medical care, and wisdom
  - When doing evil: Are loud and annoying, disrupt order, curse, poison, and kill