Sea hag : The indisputably ugliest of the hags, sea hags were decrepit piscine women of such hideousness that one could die from looking at them. The aquatic hags sought to defile and invert all that was beautiful. [1] Rodney Thompson, Logan Bonner, Matthew Sernett (November 2010). Monster Vault. Edited by Greg Bilsland et al. ( Wizards of the Coast), pp. 164–167. ISBN 978-0-7869-5631-9.

Apart from gods, hags were known to be spiritual in sense that they had their own superstitions, the most famous of them being the Rule of Three. The Rule of Three was a planar concept rooted in the realization that many realms and layers in the multiverse were arranged in multiples of three, and hags, as well as other users of witchcraft, were known to embrace the concept. As was said, all things came in groups of three, good, bad, and strange alike. Magic returned threefold upon its source, many spells were cast by chanting a phrase thrice, and covens required at least a trio to function. Though the oldest hags claimed to have invented it, or at the very least named it, [2] the narcissism and lying nature of hags made this seem questionable, [7] and there was also the possibility that some plane-traveling hags simply adopted the idea for themselves. [2] Magic [ ] Hypnotic, disquieting and thrilling. A concoction of folklore, identity and belonging which sinks its fangs into the heart of you." (Irenosen Okojie)

Robert J. Schwalb (December 2011). “Dungeon Master's Book”. In Tanis O'Connor, et al. eds. The Book of Vile Darkness ( Wizards of the Coast), pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-0-7869-5868-9. Reading the stories brought the sense of being trapped in a room, slowly, but very surely, filling up with water. You think: this can't be happening. Meanwhile, hold your breath against the certainty it surely is. " Cynan Jones Early on I had my concerns about Dutchman-Smith, but I continued to persist with reading this book. I wanted to enjoy it, or at least find some enlightenment in the text. I'm a white, middle-class woman with a career. I'm a decade off before I plummet into middle-aged territory, but I have a decent idea of what I'll be faced with.

Hags were curious about other beings of power, including other hags, dragons, fiends, genies, and sometimes even mortals of great power, and had some small sliver of respect for those with accurate knowledge of such beings. Given their magical and political prowess, dangerous beings might be under a hag's sway, whether returning a favor or paying off a supernaturally enforced blood debt. [2] Hags were known to put themselves in servitor positions, offering their dark knowledge to powerful evil entities, but whether as oracles or simple advisors they were typically unfaithful to their masters if presented with a chance to usurp. [3] [13] Conversely, the heinous deeds of hags earned them powerful enemies, good-aligned dragons and giants being known to hunt them and kill them if given the chance. [5] Mortals [ ]Bog hag : A variety of hags that dwelt in swamps, bog hags were predators that hid behind a familiar face. After lying in wait below the water and killing their victims, the sinister body snatchers stole their skin, and sometimes their identities. [25] Smith also notes the disregard for older women’s wisdom accrued from moving through the world and navigating the many obstacles in their path, which is often seen as at odds with the more enlightened values of younger people. For instance, a middle-aged woman might reasonably express reservations at the notion that hair-pulling and choking by a man during sex signifies liberation, on account of her 40 or so years watching the goalposts being shifted around sex and sexual abuse for the gratification of men. Ed Bonny (1997). “Pox of the Planes”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon Annual #2 ( TSR, Inc.) (2)., p. 104. Wolfgang Baur, Steve Kurtz (1992). Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix. ( TSR, Inc). ISBN l-56076-370-1.