Crones, Hags, and Maidens.
Momtemplative Musings
Crones and hags once were positive words for women.
Crone comes from crown, indicating wisdom. emanating from the head; hag comes from hagio, meaning holy. They represent the circle of life.
Yep..so I wrote a little something about them/us. (I love women!) we are so strong and powerful..
Don't let anyone define you.
“Crones, Hags and Maidens!”
A call to all Crones, Hags and Maidens.
Let out your gray hair and wear it proudly.
It is your crown, your sign of wisdom.
Embrace the power of your youth young maidens and learn from us, for you will one day be us.
Shame, shame they yell at us from their high towers throwing out their words of ignorance and fear that tell us our wrinkles and bent bodies from giving birth are not wanted.
They are afraid of our power, the wisdom we wield. It is our shield to their pounding of fists upon our brows but we are here to stay, the seed of life, the portal to eternity, that God in his wisdom blessed us with.
So stand firm, do not falter for you are the roots of the trees, firmly planted forever standing tall.
Sherry Taveras ©️
Love S❤️
I had not known those aspects of the words crone and hag. I love word origins; I think many words have been hi-jacked, and I like to reclaim their origins. Thank you, Sherry, for this beautiful invitation to embrace ourselves as wise women and wise-women-in-becoming.
this comes at a very appropriate timing for me. Just this week I have been noticing far more grey hair on my head than usual. Those scraggly curly unruly sprouts of crown. Wowzer. Thank you!