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  2. Baba Yaga - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. The Tale About Baba-Yaga - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. John Wick (character) - Wikipedia

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    He was nicknamed "Baba Yaga" after the supernatural Boogeyman-like entity in Slavic folklore. Eventually, John fell in love with a woman named Helen. Hoping to pursue a normal life, he met with Viggo Tarasov, boss of the Tarasov mob, who agreed to grant him his freedom if he could carry out what was described as an "impossible task", implying ...

  5. Ynglism - Wikipedia

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    A "Baba Yoga" club in Okunevo, Omsk Oblast. In Ynglism, Baba Yaga , whose original name is Baba Yoga , meaning the " Yogini Mother", is a goddess representing female yujists who initiate orphan children to the Aryan gods through a fire rite, to make them priests and leaders of communities; she would have been demonised by the Christians, who ...

  6. Koshchei - Wikipedia

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    Koschei appears as a slave to Baba Yaga in the Hellboy comic book series, first appearing in Hellboy: Darkness Calls. Koschei's origin story is later revealed in backup stories to single issues of Hellboy: The Wild Hunt. The story is also collected in Hellboy: Weird Tales and expanded upon in Koshchei the Deathless.

  7. Russian folklore - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Bogeyman - Wikipedia

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    Hindi speakers call them Baba and Bhoot. In Bihar, parents use a demon named Bhakolwa as a Bogeyman. The terms Petona and Kaatu are also used. [citation needed] In Rajasthan, parents use the name Haboo. In Karnataka, the demon Goggayya (roughly meaning "terrible man") is a Bogeyman counterpart.

  9. Vasilisa (name) - Wikipedia

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    The Russian female name Vasilisa (Russian: Василиса) is of Greek origin (Greek: βασίλισσα, basilissa), which means "queen" or "empress". It is the feminine form of Vasily, the Russian form of the name Basil. [1] [2] Its use was inspired by several other early saints who are venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox ...