Witch Hunters - Baba Yaga. The color scheme and shapes in the piece create such a flow and mood befitting baba yaga (maybe I'm baise because I love the story of baba yaga and her 3 horsemen 'Three Riders'). I would love to buy a print of this. Edited some typos. The stove is another common detail in tales of the Baba Yaga as the punishment for the failure of certain tasks is a fate of being cooked and eaten. Despite an ambitious appetite, however, Baba Yaga is always portrayed as skinny and bony, with her own epithet of “the bony one”. Sculpture depicting the gnarly-faced character of Baba Yaga.

The heroine outside of the hut of Baba Yaga as depicted by Ivan Bilibin (1899) Folktales The first clear reference to Baba Yaga ( Iaga baba) occurs in 1755; 's Rossiiskaia grammatika ('Russian grammar'). In Lomonosov's grammar, Baba Yaga is mentioned twice among other figures largely from Slavic tradition.

The second of the two mentions occurs within a list of and beings next to their in Roman mythology (the Slavic god, for example, appears equated with the Roman god ). Baba Yaga, however, appears in a third section without an equivalence, attesting to perception of her uniqueness even in this first known attestation.In the narratives in which Baba Yaga appears, she displays a variety of typical attributes: a turning, chicken-legged hut; and a mortar, pestle, mop or broom. Baba Yaga frequently bears the epithet 'bony leg' ( Baba Iaga kostianaia noga), and when inside of her dwelling, she may be found stretched out over the stove, reaching from one corner of the hut to another. Baba Yaga may sense and mention the 'Russian scent' ( russkim dukhom) of those that visit her. Her nose may stick into the ceiling.

Particular emphasis may be placed by some narrators on the repulsiveness of her nose, breasts, buttocks, or vagina.In some tales a trio of Baba Yagas appear as sisters, all sharing the same name. For example, in a version of 'The Maiden Tsar' collected in the 19th century by, Ivan, a handsome merchant's son, makes his way to the home of one of three Baba Yagas:He journeyed onwards, straight ahead. and finally came to a little hut; it stood in the open field, turning on chicken legs.

He entered and found Baba Yaga the Bony-legged. 'Fie, fie,' she said, 'the Russian smell was never heard of nor caught sight of here, but it has come by itself. Are you here of your own free will or by compulsion, my good youth?' 'Largely of my own free will, and twice as much by compulsion! Do you know, Baba Yaga, where lies the thrice tenth kingdom?' 'No, I do not,' she said, and told him to go to her second sister; she might know.

Baba Yaga, illustration in 1911 from 'The tale of the three royal divas and of Ivashka, the priest's son' (A. Roslavlev)Ivan walks for some time before encountering a small hut identical to the first.

This Baba Yaga makes the same comments and asks the same question as the first, and Ivan asks the same question. This second Baba Yaga does not know either and directs him to the third, but says that if she gets angry with him 'and wants to devour you, take three horns from her and ask her permission to blow them; blow the first one softly, the second one louder, and third still louder.' Ivan thanks her and continues on his journey.After walking for some time, Ivan eventually finds the chicken-legged hut of the youngest of the three sisters turning in an open field. This third and youngest of the Baba Yagas makes the same comment about 'the Russian smell' before running to whet her teeth and consume Ivan. Ivan begs her to give him three horns and she does so. The first he blows softly, the second louder, and the third louder yet.

This causes birds of all sorts to arrive and swarm the hut. One of the birds is the, which tells him to hop on its back or Baba Yaga will eat him. He does so and the Baba Yaga rushes him and grabs the firebird by its tail. The firebird leaves with Ivan, leaving Baba Yaga behind with a fist full of firebird feathers.In Afanasyev's collection of tales, Baba Yaga also appears in ', 'Baba Yaga and Zamoryshek', 'By Command of the Prince Daniel', ', 'Marya Moryevna', 'Realms of Copper, Silver, and Gold', 'The Sea Tsar and Vasilisa the Wise', and 'Legless Knight and Blind Knight' (English titles from Magnus's translation). This section may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's. The may contain suggestions., pp. 1–3.

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