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Over centuries, the term lost its nuanced meaning of "boundary-crosser" and became a pejorative label for those accused of witchcraft and devilry. Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse (2017)

In pagan folklore, this "hedge-riding" was often a metaphor for traveling between the physical world and the spirit realm. Hagazussa

The Hagazussa is a liminal figure, neither fully part of society nor entirely lost to the wilderness. Over centuries, the term lost its nuanced meaning