If you have ever felt helpless, extreme anxiety or sorrow -- you may need to learn to cackle. Become the hag (the huntress, not the hunted). Take back the work place or night from any predatory villains. YOU CAN run with the Werewolves and Vampires (the good kind - like Edward Cullen and his family who REFUSE to fall victim). YOU ARE POWERFUL. Shake your broom high into the air and claim your birthright:CACKLE
1. utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen (or hag)
2. laugh in a shrill, broken manner.
3. chatter noisily; prattle.
A HAG is only considered an "ugly old woman" to those ignorant few who don't know any better. Similar to a bitch (woman who speaks her truth), a witch, or sorceress, she is - in more appropriate words - a POWERFUL woman whom the simple-minded and limited-in-thinking despise because they cannot rule over her.
Turn any terrifying dreams or reality into something to rejoice over. LAUGH. Oppress the monster (also known as that "evil villain" who might otherwise haunt you during daylight hours or sleep -- lording over you when you feel vulnerable).
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Historically Shamans/Medicine Men/Witch Doctors were known to laugh in the face of hardships. This behaviour caused fear but also respect on the part of the community. The Shamans held a powerful position is these communities because they were excellent problem-solvers and healers. In a way they were quite like the "hag" you describe, who laughs (cackles) as a way of creating personal power to assert oneself.
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