TheBaba Yaga is amythicalwitchlike character. She is found inSlavicstories. She is one of the most popular demons inslavic beliefs. She looks like an ugly woman. She lives in a house that has giant chicken feet, so it can walk around. Sometimes she travels in amortar and pestle that can fly by magic.[1]
Baba Yaga is different from most folklore characters because even though she is usuallybad, sometimes she isgood. Sometimes she makes things or helps the story's hero make things. Scholar Andreas Johns says that Baba Yaga is meant to be like nature itself: She can help but she can also eat you.[1]
Baba Yaga appears as a character in manyvideo games and other works of fiction, for example theQuest for Glory series of games.
Thefeminist websiteThe Hairpin wrote anadvice column called "Ask Baba Yaga" as a joke.[1][2]
