Old woman

Old woman may refer to:

People

• An old woman
• Old Woman (goddess), a divine hag in Irish and Scottish mythology
• The Old Woman, a fictional antagonist in David Gemmell's novel White Wolf
• Slang for a person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation
• The mother-in-law (often referred to as the "old woman") in the 1915 optical illusion drawing "My Wife and My Mother-in-Law" (also called the "Young Girl-Old Woman Illusion") by Ely William Hill based on an earlier 1888 German postcard

Fictional character in

• "There Was An Old Woman (disambiguation)", nursery rhyme series
• "The Old Woman in the Wood", German fairytale by the Brothers Grimm
• "The Old Woman and the Doctor", c.5th century BCE Greek story in Aesop's Fables
• Old Woman Frying Eggs, 1618 painting by Diego Velazquez
• Old Woman of Arles, 1888 portrait by Vincent van Gogh

Places

• Old Woman Mountains, a mountain range south of Essex, California, USA
• Old Woman River, a river in Ontario, Canada
• Old Woman's Gulch, a ravine in Tacoma, Washington, USA
• Old Woman's Island, one of the seven islands composing the city of Mumbai, India

Other

• Old woman, popular name of the plant species of wormwood Artemisia maritima
• Old Woman meteorite, the largest meteorite found in California (and second largest in the US), found in the Old Woman Mountains
• The Old Woman, a novella by Daniil Kharms
• The Old Woman, a play by Robert Wilson

See also

• "Crabbit Old Woman", poem
• Crazy Old Woman, film
• Crone
• Hag
• Old lady (disambiguation)
• Old man (disambiguation)