Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga is a popular and terrifying figure in Slavic folklore. She is described as an elderly woman with a long crooked nose and long iron teeth and wears dirty and ragged clothes. She flies using a pestle and mortar with a broom to sweep away any trail she might have left behind.

She lives in the forest in a house that is supported with two giant chicken legs. It is able to uproot and move when ever Baba Yaga needs it to. The house has no windows and often the door will only appear once it is told a magical phrase, “Turn your back to the forest, your front to me.” The house is surrounded by a picket fence made from human bones with skulls on top.

Depending on the situation or her mood, Baba Yaga can be either a helpful or harmful individual. There are many stories of her punishing individuals who wonder into her forest as well as stories of her lending assistance under certain situations.

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