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Baba Yaga depicted in Tales of the Russian People (published by V. A. Gatsuk in Moscow in 1894) Baba Yaga being used as an example for the Cyrillic letter Б, in Alexandre Benois' ABC-Book Baba Yaga is an enigmatic or ambiguous character from Slavic folklore (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who has two opposite roles.
The next day, Baba Yaga asks the girl to shear her sheep in the woods. Her husband appears again and tells her that the "sheep" are wolves that will tear her to pieces, so he teaches her a magic command. The girl climbs up a tree, chants the magical command and the wolves shear themselves. Seeing the girl's newfound success, Baba Yaga then ...
The archer completes the task with the help of Baba Yaga and a magical frog named Babushka-Lyagushka-Skakushka ("Grandmother Hopping Frog"). [ 34 ] [ 35 ] In a tale collected in the White Sea region from Russian storyteller Matvei M. Korguev [ ru ] with the title "Ондрей-стрелец" ("Ondrey, the Archer"), Ondrey is a member of the ...
Similar to a witch, Baba Yaga is a supernatural being (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who appears as a deformed or ferocious-looking old woman. In Russian fairy tales, 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.
In a Russian tale collected by E. A. Chudinsky from Makaryevsky Uyezd, in Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, with the title "Василиса Васильевна" ("Vasilisa Vasilievna"), a master ("barin", in the original) has three daughters, and Baba Yaga has a son, Vasily Vasilyevich. The master has to serve in the war, but his youngest daughter ...
The Magic Swan Geese (Russian: Гуси-лебеди, romanized: Gusi-lebedi) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki, [1] numbered 113. It is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 480A*.
Baba Yaga, a similar character from Slavic folklore Jynx , a Pokémon species inspired by Yama-uba Kurozuka , a similar onibaba , also known for cannibalism and infanticide
Russia and Ukraine – Children are warned of Babay/Babayka, [46] buka, and Baba Yaga, who are said to come for them at night if they misbehave. Saudi Arabia – Abu Shalawlaw (أبو شلولو) is a Bogeyman-like creature said by parents to come to eat children who are disobedient, e.g., by not going to sleep on time or not completing their ...