TPS 75.3 · 76 words · 1 min read · We Stopped Fearing Swamp Hags & Society Collapsed (A Historic Anthropology)

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

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