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Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga. By:. Julio Garcia . Jocelyn Arreola. Who is Baba Yaga?. She is a famous witch of the East, well-known in Russia, and is known for scaring little children. The name is composed of two elements. Baba means “grandmother” or “old woman” in most Slavic languages.

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Baba Yaga

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  1. Baba Yaga By: Julio Garcia Jocelyn Arreola

  2. Who is Baba Yaga? • She is a famous witch of the East, well-known in Russia, and is known for scaring little children. • The name is composed of two elements. • Baba means “grandmother” or “old woman” in most Slavic languages. • Yaga is short for yagat which means to abuse or find fault. • Although evil looking, other versions say she’s also referred to as an advice giver, and wise.

  3. More Background Info… • She’s the fearsome witch with iron teeth. • She is said to be the guardian spirit of the fountain of the Waters of Life and Death. • Her other names: Arch-Crone, the Goddess of Wisdom and Death, and the Bone Mother. • As far as martial status she is said to be single, but some peasant say they’ve seen her with her daughter Marinka, short for Marina. • Some sources also say she is the Devil’s grandmother. • Food preferences are children, but wouldn’t strain a grown up in her forest.

  4. Appearances & Cameos in Russian Culture? • Books & Literature • Baba Yaga appears in Andrey Belyanin's books in his Secret service of Tsar Pea, etc. • Andrey Aliverdiev's tale U Lukomoria. • In some fairy tales, such as Finist Yasny Sokol (The Feather of Finist the Falcon), the hero meets not with one but three Baba Yagas. • Films & Cartoons • The film Vasilissa Prekrasnaya(Vasilissa the Beautiful) by Aleksandr Rou, featuring Baba Yaga, was the first feature film with fantasy elements in the Soviet Union. Georgy Milliar, a male actor, portrayed Baba Yaga in numerous movies from 30's to 60's, among them Vasilissa Prekrasnaya and Morozko.

  5. What’s she like? • She’s a controversial character. She's not necessarily good or bad. • She is portrayed as a good mixer and easy-going person. • Most Slavic tales portray her as the antagonist. Threatening to kidnap kids and eat them. • Different versions of her also say she often misguides strangers in wrong directions when wondering into her deep forest. • Some character in mythological stories seek for Baba Yaga for wisdom, help on a quest, or guidance for lost souls.

  6. Continued… • Asking for her help is seen as a very dangerous act. • One must have proper preparation, purity of thy spirit, and basic manners. • It is said she ages with every time she is asked a question which would explain her hesitation for help. • This affect however can be reversed if she is made a special blend of tea made with blue roses.

  7. Where does she live? • She stays at the edge of the forest in a small wooden hut. • Her house has a pair of enormous chicken legs at the bottom, no windows, and sometimes not even a door. • The house does not reveal the door until it is told a magical phrase: Turn your back to the forest, your front to me. • The fence surrounding Baba Yaga'shome is made of human bones with skulls on top, often with one pole lacking its skull, leaving space for another victim.

  8. What does she look like? • Disregarding her good appetite, she is as thin as a skeleton. • Her nose is long  rattles against the ceiling when she snores. • She does not wear hat. • Does not fly on a broom.

  9. Continued… • Baba Yaga knows a recipe of a special potion that helps her turn young. • Unfortunately she has been known to use this her skill not to arrange her single private life, but to misguide and deceit strangers.

  10. What does she look like?

  11. How does she get around? • Baba Yaga’s transportation is described as an enormous mortar, she uses the pestle as a rudder and sweeping away the tracks behind her with a broom made out of silver birch. • Whenever she appears  wild wind begins to blow, the trees around creak and groan and leaves whirl through the air. Shrieking and wailing, a host of spirits often accompany her on her way.

  12. Where do people think her house came from? • It is believed that Baba Yaga created her hut ages ago, spending much of her power in its creation and then vanishing to another world. Rumors say that it has been seen only once or twice. • The hut is constantly changing its shape , but Baba Yaga always knows where her things are. • Most people who inhabit the hut are: servants, guests, prisoners, and slaves.

  13. Works Cited • http://www.oldrussia.net/baba.html • http://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/baba-yaga/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga%27s_Hut

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