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{{edition|Hag}}
{{5epointer|Monster Manual (5e)}}
{{5e Monster Short|Hag|Hag|Overview|Fey, Hag
|habitat=Feywild
|plane=Feywild
|refs={{SRD5ref|y}} <ref name="mm5.176177">{{Cite Pub|Monster Manual (5e)|pages=176-177}} Licnesed: &copy; Wizards of the Coast {{fairuc}}.</ref> <ref name="uohab">Habitat (unofficial) - User</ref>}}

{{blockref|Hags… resemble withered crones, [however] there is nothing mortal about these monstrous creatures, whose forms reflect only the wickedness in their hearts.

Ancient beings with origins in the {{5ed|Feywild}}, hags are cankers on the mortal world…

All hags possess magical powers, and some… spellcasting. They can alter their forms or curse their foes…|<ref name="mm5.176177" />}}<br />

{{blockref|In 5th edition most hags are {{srd5lc|Fey}}, although at least one is a {{srd5lc|Fiend}}. All hags are {{srd5lc|Evil}}.|<ref>[[user: Rlyehable]]</ref>}}<br />

{{blockref|When hags must work together, they form covens, in spite of their selfish natures...<br />
'''{{anchor|Shared Spellcasting}}.''' While all three members of a hag coven are within 30 feet of one another, they can each cast...spells from the wizard's spell...share[ing] the spell slots among themselves...<br />
'''{{anchor|Hag Eye}}.''' A hag coven can craft a magic item called a hag eye... The hag eye is usually entrusted to a minion... A hag in the coven can take an action to see what the hag eye sees...|<ref name="mm5.176177" />}}

==Other Lore==
{{otherlore|A hag, or "the Old Hag"... According to folklore, the Old Hag sat on a sleeper's chest and sent [[nightmare]]s to him or her. When the subject awoke, he or she would be unable to breathe or even move for a short period of time... the subject had been "hagridden".<ref>Ernsting, Michele (2004) "[web.archive.org/web/20041126201638/www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/cultureandhistory/041119vh Hags and nightmares: sleep paralysis and the midnight terrors]" Radio Netherlands</ref> It is still frequently discussed as if it were a [[paranormal]] state.<ref>[paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa112000a.htm The "Old Hag" Syndrome] from About: Paranormal Phenomena</ref>

Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good. The...{{wikip|Peg Powler}}, for example, was a river hag who...had skin the colour of green pond scum.<ref>''Ghosts, Helpful and Harmful'' by Elliott O'Donnell</ref><ref>''Introduction to Folklore'' by [[Marian Roalfe Cox]]</ref><ref>''The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, in the Bishoprick'' by William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe, 1854</ref>  Parents who wanted to keep their children away from the river's edge told them that if they got too close to the water she would pull them in with her long arms, drown them, and sometimes eat them.  This type of {{5ed|Nixie|nixie or neck}} has other regional names, such as Grindylow<ref name=19th>''The Nineteenth century and after, Volume 68'', Leonard Scott Pub. Co., 1910. Page. 556</ref> (a name connected to [[Grendel]]),<ref name=19th/><ref>''A Grammar of the Dialect of Oldham'' by Karl Georg Schilling, 1906. Page. 17.</ref> {{wikip|Jenny Greenteeth}}... and {{wikip|Nelly Longarms}}...<ref>Froud, Brian and Lee, Alan (1978) ''Faeries''. New York, Peacock Press {{ISBN|0-553-01159-6}}</ref>

Many tales about hags do not describe them well enough to distinguish between an old woman who knows magic or a supernatural being.<ref>K. M. Briggs, ''The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature'', p 66-7 University of Chicago Press, London, 1967</ref>|<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hag#In_Fokelore Wikipedia: Hag] ''(excerpt, accessed 2020-03-24)''. Licensed: [[CC-BY-SA]]</ref>|Wikipedia}}

==List of Hags==
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==Sources and Notes==
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Author	Monster Manual (5e) +
Canon	true +
Creature Name	Hag Overview +
Habitat	Feywild +
Name	Hag Overview +
Plane	Feywild +
Publication	Monster Manual (5e) +
SortText	Hag AAA Overview 5e +
Subtype	Fey + and Hag +
Type	Overview +