User:DatNuttyKid/Duchess

"Henry: So, who would Lucy say she is? Doctor Dolittle? Doctor Strange? Jacinda: More like, uh... Dr-takes-her-sweet-time."

- Henry and Jacinda

The Duchess, also known as the Hedge Witch and currently known as Doctor Andrea Sage, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. She débuts in the tenth episode of the seventh season, and is portrayed by guest star Nisreen Slim.

The Duchess is based on the character of the same name from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".

Trivia

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Etymology

 * Just like fellow coven members Eloise Gardener, Ivy Belfrey and Hilda Braeburn, Doctor Sage's name comes from plants. One sage species, white sage, is often used in smudging and other ceremonies to purify the body. Smudge sticks made of white sage are often found in New Age shops and kits marketed to modern magical practitioners.

Character Notes

 * According to Jane Espenson, Doctor Sage's original self was "a minor witch, presumably a supporting character in someone’s story". She also added that she was "not meant to reference a specific witch from folklore."
 * She later confirmed that Sage's original self was a Hedge Witch. Ironically, a hedge witch is a witch who practices alone rather than in a coven. They are also a solitary practitioner of the herbal arts, medicinal and spiritual.
 * The only reference to a hedge witch throughout the entire series was on a loose page of the Underworld storybook which appears in twentieth episode of the fifth season and tells the story of a wood troll who has a phobia of insects. A member of the Council of Elders of the North Riding, a hedge witch known as Old Maggie, concocted a potion that cured Darius' fear.
 * In "", this was proven incorrect as she was confirmed to be the Duchess from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".


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Popular Culture

 * Henry wonders if Lucy would say that Doctor Sage is in fact Doctor Dolittle or Doctor Strange.