10/09/2024
As a noun, Crone entered the English language around the year 1390, deriving from the Anglo-French word 'carogne' (an insult), itself deriving from the Old North French 'charogne, caroigne,' meaning a disagreeable woman (literally meaning "carrion"). '
In more modern usage, Crone is also defined as a "woman who is venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom."
Clarissa Pinkola Estes suggests that the word Crone may derive from the word Crown (or, la corona). While a crown is known as a circlet that goes around the head and establishes one's authority as a leader, "before this understanding, the crown, la corona, was understood to mean the halo of light around a person’s body. La Corona was considered to shine more brightly when a person was clear, filled with love and justice." Thus, Estes suggests, the Crone is one who reflects this enhanced degree of clarity and in/sight.
Come and find out more about the Crone, La Corona and your own Cronehood.
