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...vil and malicious in nature.<ref name="Wales">{{cite book |title=Folk-lore and folk-stories of Wales |last=Trevelyan |first=Marie |year=1973 |publisher=Ke ...n, I would rather not go!" She is said to have regretted making this wish, and now cries out in misery rather than joy as she hunts forever in the night s ...

...if it is dying and she keeps unwanted trespassers away by driving them mad and scaring them. ...be associated with [[witches]] (like the witch from the story of "[[Hansel and Gretel]]"), but she is a neutral "creature", harming only those who harm th ...

{{Short description|Hag and water spirit in English folklore}} ...>Henderson, William (1879). ''Folklore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders'' (2nd ed.) W. Satchell, Peyton & Co. p. 265.</ref><ref>{{cite ...

...[Southern Germany]]. Druden were said to participate in the [[Wild Hunt]] and were considered a particular class of demon in [[Alfonso de Spina]]'s [[cla ...the daughter of the chieftain of the gods in the Norse religion, [[Thor]], and his wife [[Sif]]. ...

...albasti'' in Central Asian [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]-speaking countries, and ''halmasti'' among the [[Dard people|Dard]]s.<ref name="AR_50">Asatrian, 15 ...other demons (such as charms, prayers, iron objects, onions, and garlic), and preventing the al from reaching water.<ref>Asatrian, 149–150.</ref> ...

...The Crone is also an [[Archetype|archetypical]] figure or a [[Wise Old Man and Wise Old Woman|Wise Woman]]. As a character type, the crone shares characte ...t1=Nancy Ann |date=2009 |title=The mythical and mortal Crone: Recollecting and reclaiming the sacred regeneratrix }}{{page needed|date=April 2024}}</ref> ...

...:Edward Burne-Jones - Perseus and the Graiae, 1892.jpg|thumb|''[[Perseus]] and the Graeae'' by [[Edward Burne-Jones]] (1892)|255x255px]] ...'''Deino''' ({{lang|grc|Δεινώ}}), '''Pemphredo''' ({{lang|grc|Πεμφρηδώ}}), and '''Enyo''' ({{lang|grc|Ἐνυώ}}; not to be confused with the war goddess, [[E ...

...re]]. She is imagined as a blue-faced [[hag]] or [[witch]] with iron claws and a taste for human flesh (especially children).<ref name="Briggs">Briggs, Ka ...<ref>[[Charles J. Billson|Billson, Charles James]] (1895). "Leicestershire and Rutland" in ''County Folk-Lore (Vol. 1)''. [[The Folklore Society]]. pp. 4– ...

...unwary children. With this meaning the name is common around [[Liverpool]] and southwest [[Lancashire]].{{sfnp|Vickery|1983|p=247}} ==Description and name== ...

| deity_of = God of seasons, change, gardens, fruit trees, and plant growth ...umne et Pomone - Peter Paul Rubens (1617-1619).JPG|thumb|279px|''Vertumnus and Pomona'' (c. 1618) by [[Peter Paul Rubens]]]] ...

...mono no e]] (化物之繪, c. 1700), Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Books and Manuscripts, [[L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library|L. Tom Perry Specia ...i]] (1780–1850)]]{{nihongo|'''Yamauba'''|山姥, 山うば, or 山女郎}}, '''yamamba''', and '''yamanba''' are variations on the name of a ''[[yōkai]]''<ref>Joly, 396.< ...

...us land of Oz; being an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman a sequel to the Wizard of Oz (1904) (14730256936).jpg ...ntagonist]] in the second Oz book ''[[The Marvelous Land of Oz]]'' (1904), and is alluded to in other works. Mombi plays a very important role in the fict ...

*[[Rachel Weisz]]<br>(''[[Oz the Great and Powerful]]'') *[[Marissa Bode]]<br> ([[Wicked (2024 film)|''Wicked'' ]] and ''[[Wicked: For Good]]'')}} ...

| image = Wonder tales from Scottish myth and legend (1917) (14566397697).jpg | caption = Illustration by John Duncan in Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend (1917) ...

...ly enlarged|location=Dublin|publisher=Irish Texts Society|page=761}}</ref> and it has been translated as "great queen" or "phantom queen". ...senting the goddess's role as [[Tutelary deity|guardian]] of the territory and its people.<ref name="lysaght">{{cite book |last=Lysaght |first=Patricia |c ...

{{About|the entity in Slavic folklore|adaptations and other uses}} ...flying around in a wooden [[Mortar and pestle|mortar]], wielding a pestle, and dwelling deep in the forest in a [[hut]] with chicken legs. ...

...{citation needed|date=January 2010}} She is not only loved but also feared and mocked, particularly by children. ==Names and etymology== ...

* [[Mila Kunis]]<br />(''[[Oz the Great and Powerful]]'') * [[Eliza Swenson]]<br />(''[[Dorothy and the Witches of Oz]]'') ...

| parents = [[Nyx]]<br/>[[Zeus]] and [[Themis]]<br/>[[Ananke]] ...rai: [[Clotho]], [[Lachesis]], and [[Atropos]], standing behind [[Peleus]] and [[Thetis]], the parents of [[Achilles]] ...

| god_of = Goddess of the Moon, the Earth, and childbirth | symbol = * Crescent, full, and dark moon (original) ...