Diana Quick

I have a cottage near Aldeburgh, and from there it's a sturdy two-mile walk across farmland to an empty beach, where I collect hag stones and run around with the dog. I'm a keen walker, and I love Suffolk's big skies.

English Actress

Merle Haggard

HAG Records, is a company that I've owned. I've had a couple of gospel releases on it. We developed a pretty good distribution setup there and we do have something to use in case they don't want to sign us.

American Musician

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Modern storytellers are the descendants of an immense and ancient community of holy people, troubadours, bards, griots, cantadoras, cantors, traveling poets, bums, hags, and crazy people.

American Poet

Jennifer Weiner

My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick lit or mommy lit or menopausal old hag lit.

American Writer

Scarlett Johansson

I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don't want to be an old hag. There's no fun in that.

American Actress

Dolly Parton

I try not to go around looking like a hag.

American Singer

Be cautious - calling someone a hag can be insulting and disrespectful.

Offensive Term

'Hag' implies more than ugliness; it suggests meanness or malice.

Negative Connotation

'Hag' is used exclusively to refer to women, which reflects a gender bias.

Gender Specific

'Hag' in the context of folklore refers to supernatural beings with magical abilities.

Folklore Use

While often used negatively, 'hag' can be neutral when discussing folklore.

Neutral or Negative

'Hag' can be a tool to quickly establish a character as mystical and fearsome in literature.

Literary Device

 the hag comes for you. In Mexico, you could blame subirse el muerto, the dead person, on you. In Greece, Mora sits upon your chest and tries to asphyxiate you. In Nepal, Khyaak the ghost resides under the staircase. It may be easier to blame