Hags Was Re: JKR.com - August '04 edition (was) Happy Birthday Harry!

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Erin" <erinellii at y...> 
wrote:
>  
> > Paula wrote:
> > 
> > Humm, but why would hags need to be reformed?  I've never 
> understood why they have such a bad reputation.  Actually, don't 
> they just exist in men's imaginations--guys have to conjure up a 
> hag to keep from being controlled by a Veela.
> 
> 
> Erin:  
> In the HP world, they seem to be real creatures, distinct from 
> witches.  They are mentioned in Fantastic Beasts as eating small 
> children.  

And in PoA Harry spots someone in a balaclava eating raw liver (yuk!)
in the Leaky Cauldron, and thinks she looks 'suspiciously like a 
hag'.

One of Lockhart's books (mentioned in CoS) is 'Holidays with Hags'. 
While he made up his involvement, most of the Lockhart stories 
genuinely happened to someone. So, yes, I'd agree with Erin that 
hags are distinct creatures in the Wizarding World. Fantastic Beasts 
seems to regard them as non-human intelligent creatures.  

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