History Main / TheHecateSisters

* The three women in the cast of ''{{Fools}}''. Sophia the Maiden, Lenya the mother and Yenchna the crone.
* As an exploration of themes regarding femininity, it is fitting that the women of ''OnTheVerge'' form this trinity: Alex (Maiden), Fanny (Mother), and Mary (Crone).

* In 'VideoGame/'PlanescapeTorment'', bringing both Annah and Fall-From-Grace with you when you visit Ravel Puzzlewell causes her to lampshade this trope. Fiery, yet naive, Annah is the maiden, calm and nurturing Fall-From-Grace is the mother (in a figurative sense, she is the TeamMom), and Ravel is the (very obvious) crone. Ravel uses her shapeshifting ability to appear in front of you in all three guises.

* Hecate. Sometimes depicted as either one or three women facing different directions. There have been examples of four women, but one or three were much more common.

* Inverted in the anime of ''{{Trapeze}}'': [[CloudCuckooLander Irabu]] is male, and his youngest incarnation is a DeadpanSnarker, with his oldest incarnation being an adolescent manchild.

* Intentional or not, the Opera House visions in ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' are experienced by Caprica-Six (maiden), Athena (mother) and Laura Roslin (crone). They are also experienced by Athena's daughter Hera who runs from Athena to Caprica in the visions while Roslin is known to be dying of cancer, which could reflect a progression of the cycle to Hera (maiden), Caprica (mother), and Athena (crone).

* The [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Shadow Sirens]] from ''[[SuperMarioBros Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Vivian is the "maiden" [[WholesomeCrossdresser except when it comes to gender]] ([[ShesAManInJapan but only in the Japanese version]]), Marilyn roughly fits the "mother" archetype as an extremely obese [[MightyGlacier physical powerhouse]] who [[VerbalTic rarely says anything but the word "Guh"]], and Beldam epitomizes the "crone" to such an extent that [[MeaningfulName she's named after it]]. Really. Go look up "Beldam" in the dictionary.

* The three witches in the early episodes of the BBC/Starz series ''The White Queen'', Jacquetta Woodville, her daughter Queen Elizabeth (consort of Edward IV, not the more famous daughter of Henry VIII), and her daughter, also named Elizabeth, form this trio. Jacquetta, the grandmother and the most knowledgeable in witchcraft, and with the steadiest, most phlegmatic temperament, is the crone. Queen Elizabeth, the beautiful (and that is historically accurate, as the accounts all agree that she was gorgeous) young wife of the king, with the most passionate temperament of the three, and already with multiple children, is the mother. Little Elizabeth, being at that time only a child, and for a long time not really understanding what they are doing when they use witchcraft together, is the maiden.

* The three {{Drag Queen}}s from ''ToWongFu'' have this dynamic. First there's Vida Boheme who's the TeamMom, then we have [[AlphaBitch bitchy]] Noxeema Jackson for that and last but not the least there's Chi-Chi Rodriguez who's the Drag Princess rather than full grown Queen.
** Considering the film is a FollowTheLeader to ''TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert'', who has its Hecate Drag Queens...

* It's tempting to read this into GreekMythology, though one must remember that the explicit plotting of Maiden, Mother, and Crone is a more recent invention. However, there are several intriguing triads: the Moon Goddess is said to appear in three aspects, Artemis, the protector of chastity, on earth, Selene, the mother of the stars and devoted spouse of Endymion, in the heavens, and Hecate, the aged and crafty guardian of the crossroads, in the Underworld. There [[http://www.paleothea.com/SortaSingles/Hera.html is a legend]] that the goddess Hera was given the titles Maiden, Mother, and Widow over her life, which, considering that she was a protectress of all women, would certainly make sense. Lastly, Hecate returns as the go-between of Demeter, the EArthMother goddess, and her daughter, youthful Persephone, queen of the Underworld.

* The [[CelticMythology Celtic goddess of war]] known as the Morrigan was often (but not always) depicted as a triple entity; the most common combination is the Badb, Macha and Nemain, but other accounts name Fea, Anann, and even Erinn (literally Ireland). They can be shown as Mother, Maiden and Crone, or all one facet.[[note]] For a better idea of how the Morrigan actually behaved in the Celtic mythos, stick 'of blood' or 'of gore' on the end of those three. She was pretty scary.[[/note]]

* The 1998 ''Film/{{Merlin}}'' series, though it isn't really seen in detail except in the novelizations, where it is explicitly stated that Queen Mab was once a triple goddess who consisted of Maiden (Titania), Mother (Melusine), and Warrior (Mab-Morrigan). Merlin unwittingly tries to contact her Maiden aspect in his adolescence after seeing a statue of her in a pond, and only gets through to Nimue (before meeting her).

* In ''AmericanHorrorStory:Coven'', We have Fiona, the Crone (though she uses [[VainSorceress every trick in the book to avoid looking like one]]), Cordelia, the wannabe Mother, and Zoe, the SexEqualsDeath maiden.

* The [[CelticMythology Celtic goddess of war]] known as the Morrigan was often (but not always) depicted as a triple entity; the most common combination is the Badb, Macha and Nemain, but other accounts name Fea, Anann, and even Erinn (literally Ireland). They can be shown as Mother, Maiden and Crone, or all one facet.

* In ''PlanescapeTorment'', bringing both Annah and Fall-From-Grace with you when you visit Ravel Puzzlewell causes her to lampshade this trope. Fiery, yet naive, Annah is the maiden, calm and nurturing Fall-From-Grace is the mother (in a figurative sense, she is the TeamMom), and Ravel is the (very obvious) crone. Ravel uses her shapeshifting ability to appear in front of you in all three guises.
* ''{{Lusternia}}'' directly references the ''Moirae'' of Greek mythology: Clotho, the maid (who spins the threads of life), Lachesis, the mother (who measures the threads) and Atropos, the crone (who cuts the thread upon death). They govern the destinies of all mortals who are marked by the Portal of Fate - namely, [[PlayerCharacter every player character]].

* ''Literature/TheGirlsSeries'' by JacquelineWilson has Ellie draw herself and her friends as such during an art lesson. Although it's not stated which is which, Magda would be the Maiden, Ellie the Mother, and Nadine the Crone.

* ''Film/BlackSwan'': Nina is the (possibly literally) virginal maiden; [[MyBelovedSmother her mom]] is obviously the mother, and Beth the retiring prima ballerina is the very bitter "crone" (by ballet standards she's ''old'' -- she's like in her ''thirties'').

** Also, in ''A Spell For Chameleon'', the first book in the Xanth series, he manages to put all three into one woman--the titular Chameleon changes from Wynne [Very pretty, but dumb, either child or whore of the trio] to Dee [average looks and intelligence, mostly fitting the mother category] to Fanchon [ugly and intelligent, highly crone-ish] with the lunar cycle.

*** Lyta herself embodies all three -- as she married and conceived in the Dreaming, a world of fictions, she remains a maiden in technicality. After she gives birth to Daniel, she's clearly a mother. Once Dream takes her husband and child from her, she is prematurely a crone. She invokes the Furies by her very being, as well as by choice.

** Granny herself is also noted as being an incarnation of ''all three''. She is a Maiden by technicality and the "other one" by dint of age. [[MamaBear As for Mother, cross her and hers and you will REALLY wish you hadn't.]]

* The Magi computers from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' are built upon these aspects of Ritsuko's mother Naoko Akagi: her as a scientist, a mother, and a woman. In ''End of Evangelion'', [[spoiler:Ritsuko tries to self-destruct NERV to stop Gendo's plan; the Scientist and Mother sides agree, but the Woman side (who was in love with Gendo) refuses, causing a deadlock.]] Rei herself [[spoiler:embodies all three aspects at once and each specific Rei personifies them, Rei I being the Maiden, Rei II is the mostly motherly toward Shinji, and Rei III the Crone harvests all souls back to herself and completes the circle.]]

* The three female members of the Apple family in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' have this dynamic. Applebloom is The Maiden, being the youngest and least experienced. Applejack, despite not actually having biological children, is a ParentalSubstitute for Applebloom and is The Mother. Granny Smith fits nicely as The Crone. Unusually, This PowerTrio also has elements of TheThreeFacesOfAdam as well, especially in regards to life experiences. with Applebloom being The Hunter, Applejack as The Lord, and Granny Smith as The Prophet.

* PracticalMagic has Sally Owens, widow and mother of two, her free spirited sister Gillian Owens, and their aunts Frances and Jet together each make a part of the crone.

* The Neverborn of {{Malifaux}} are led by Pandora (Maiden), Lilith (Mother), and Zoraida (Crone).

* In ''{{Werewolf the Apocalypse}}'', the [[AmazonBrigade Black Furies]] honor a trio of jaggling spirits called the triptych, who represent the maiden, mother, and crone archetypes. The Furies themselves also assign maiden, mother, or crone rank to members, depending on what stage in life they've reached.

* The Magi computers from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' are built upon these aspects of Ritsuko's mother Naoko Akagi: her as a scientist, a mother, and a woman. [[spoiler:In ''End of Evangelion'', Ritsuko tries to self-destruct NERV to stop Gendo's plan; the Scientist and Mother sides agree, but the Woman side (who was in love with Gendo) refuses, causing a deadlock.]] Rei herself [[spoiler:embodies all three aspects at once and each specific Rei personifies them, Rei I being the Maiden, Rei II is the mostly motherly toward Shinji, and Rei III the Crone harvests all souls back to herself and completes the circle.]]

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* In Webcomic/KillLaKillAU, this is somewhat reversed and combined the case of Satsuki, Nui, and Ryuuko, sometimes Mako. Satsuki is a combination of the mother and the crone, being the most experienced, yet trying to guide her sisters in the right direction, while Nui fits a combination of the crone and the maiden, being naive and petty, while she has more experience than Ryuuko, who is naive,the maiden. Mako is apparently the maiden, as she is just as naive as Ryuuko and Nui.
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