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n. (context Slavic mythology English) In Polish, Bulgarian and Russian tales, a hag who lives in a hut that stands on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder.
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In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga is a supernatural being (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who appears as a deformed and/or ferocious-looking woman. Baba Yaga flies around in a mortar, wields a pestle, and dwells deep in the forest in a hut usually described as standing on chicken legs (or sometimes a single chicken leg). Baba Yaga may help or hinder those that encounter or seek her out. She sometimes plays a maternal role, and also has associations with forest wildlife. According to Vladimir Propp's folktale morphology, Baba Yaga commonly appears as either a donor or villain, or may be altogether ambiguous.
Andreas Johns identifies Baba Yaga as "one of the most memorable and distinctive figures in Slavic European folklore," and observes that she is "enigmatic" and often exhibits "striking ambiguity." Johns summarizes Baba Yaga as "a many-faceted figure, capable of inspiring researchers to see her as a , totemic matriarchal ancestress, female initiator, phallic mother, or archetypal image".
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, Baba Yaga is a powerful antagonist and resident of a mobile hut which travels via a pair of massive chicken legs jutting from its underside.
Baba Yaga is based upon the Baba Yaga of Slavic legend.
Baba Yaga (released 1999 by the label Grappa Music - GMCD 4158) is a studio album by Annbjørg Lien.
Baba Yaga (also known under the USA video title Kiss Me, Kill Me) is a 1973 Italian-French erotic thriller based on the Guido Crepax comics Baba Yaga (1971) from his renowned Valentina series. It was directed by Corrado Farina and stars Carroll Baker, Isabelle De Funès and George Eastman. The film revolves around Milanese photographer Valentina Rosselli who meets a middle-aged seductress who calls herself " Baba Yaga". She shows an ostensible sexual interest in Valentina and gives her a doll dressed in leather fetish wear. It is soon revealed that Baba Yaga has started to control Valentina through the doll.
Baba Yaga is a supernatural creature in Slavic mythology, appearing as an old or deformed woman.
Baba Yaga may also refer to:
- Baba Yaga (film), a 1973 Italian-French erotic thriller directed by Corrado Farina.
- Baba Yaga (Dungeons & Dragons), a powerful antagonist the fantasy role playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
- Baba Yaga (album), a 1999 studio album by Norwegian musician Annbjørg Lien.
Usage examples of "baba yaga".
I'll be in Baba Yaga Three to relay back to Gompert at base, who'll relay to HQ Earth.
Favors from Baba Yaga tended to come at a high, and often unex.
This was a whole new world for Brenda, and she was as rapt as any three-year-old at mommy's knee, listening to Baba Yaga and the Wolves.
A boogeyman, used to frighten boys into good behavior -- like the Baba Yaga, who only eats the bad little children.
A boogeyman, used to frighten boys into good behavior-like the Baba Yaga, who only eats the bad little children.
Even if Rian was as ugly as the witch Baba Yaga, he'd still have to be following up on this.
To the children who live there, The Hut of Baba Yaga is history, a true story, and that's how they know it.