Wizards, witches, warlocks, and hags ...

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No: HPFGUIDX 77946

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rebecca M" <rmatovic at s...> wrote:
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> > ... when Harry is staying at the Leaky Cauldron ... PoA, ... and
> > mentions warlocks and hags ... -- any thoughts on how they might
> > differ from witches/wizards? Is there canon on this that I've
> > overlooked?
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> > ...edited....
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> > Rebecca
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> bboy_mm: (edited)
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> I think to draw any information on Hags we have to us formal
> definitions and mythology.
> 
> Hag n. 1. An old woman considered ugly or frightful. 2.a. A witch; a
> sorceress. b. Obsolete. A female demon (Am Heritage Dic)
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> I think the female demon is probably the most significant as I don't
> think Hags are considered very nice people. In mythology, the only
> thing I really know about Hags is that they typically eat children.
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> Note that the Hag in the Leaky Cauldron orders a plate of RAW liver.
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> Having said all that and what I said in my previous posts, I have to
> add that I don't think we really know what the distinction is.
> 
> Just a thought.
> bboy_mn

In the section of FBAWTFT on 'What is a beast?', hags are described
as "gliding about the place in search of children to eat."

The use of 'gliding' is interesting; it could imply magical means of
locomotion, somewhat like Dementors.

They always seem to keep their faces covered, too.

Kneasy