Baba jaga

Baba Yaga is a classic legend from Russian folklore often used to scare children who don't go to bed or behave. She flies around in a giant mortar, steering with a pestle and sweeping her tracks with a broom. She steals the children and takes them back to her hut in the woods, which stands on giant chicken legs and runs around the forest. Then it's time to cook and eat them. - artist unknown. . . . . . #babayaga #folklore #witch #russianfolklore #russianfolktales #horrorart #horror_sketches

In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga bb j (Russian ) is a supernatural being (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who appears as a deformed andor ferociouslooking witch. Baba Yaga flies around in a mortar, wields a pestle, and dwells deep in the forest in a hut usually descr

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My own interpretation of Baba Yaga, the forest witch from Slavic folklore.

I'm loving my new book, Baba Yaga: The Ambiguous Mother and Witch of the Russian Folklore by Andreas Johns. It came highly recommended by Heidi Anne Heiner, AKA Surlalune, and Tony was kind enough to get it for me for Christmas! In the first chapter, "Interpreting Baba Yaga," Johns outlines the history of Baba Yaga scholarship and the different theories about her history and significance. It's kind of amazing to see how many people have attempted to trace the history of her name and origins…

[…] In the evening the girl laid the table and began waiting for Baba-Yaga. It grew dark. The black horseman swept by and it was night. The skulls’ eyes began to shine. The trees creaked, the dead leaves crunched, the earth trembled, and there was Baba-Yaga…

Witches are so fun to paint and Baba Yaga is one of the most intriguing characters in folklore www.oldrussia.net/baba.html The past six months have... Baba Yaga