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баба яга

баба яга. By: Tegan & Gabby “Hut, hut, turn your back to the forest and your front to me”. Who is she ?. A witch in Russian folklore Fearsome with iron teeth Also known as Baba Yaga Boney Legs because she is thin as a skeleton Two older sisters that go by the same name : Baba Yaga

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баба яга

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  1. баба яга By: Tegan & Gabby “Hut, hut, turn your back to the forest and your front to me”

  2. Who is she ? • A witch in Russian folklore • Fearsome with iron teeth • Also known as Baba Yaga Boney Legs because she is thin as a skeleton • Two older sisters that go by the same name : Baba Yaga • Her nose touches the ceiling

  3. More ABOUT HER • Elderly woman • Often seem as evil and scary • She can fly • She travels inside a mortar • Unlike American witches, she uses her broom to sweep away evidence from her mortar, so no one would know where she is. • Friends with Koshchey the Deathless

  4. Where does she appear in Russian Culture? • She is known in Russian folklore as an evil witch and a hero as well. • She is a guardian spirit of the fountain of Waters of Life and Death. • She controls the wind, fire, water, and air in Old Russian forest. • She has three faithful servants

  5. Where does she appear in Russian Culture? • “Vasilisa the Beautiful.” which is a Russian tale about a girl who is sent to get wood from Baba Yaga’s hut but to get the wood she needs to complete a list of task. • She is not only a character in Russian tales but also in Polish and Czech stories

  6. WHAT KINDOF PERSON WAS SHE? • The “bad” guy • A hero • She is curious when people go close to her hut • People seek her out for help • It can be rare when she helps her guests out • She ages once a year when she is asked a question

  7. The person she is In this video, she seems sincere. This shows her non evil side. Cartoon Baba Yaga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KdYEHsXk1k

  8. The person she is • In this video, she scares a child. This shows her evil side. • Arthur Baba Yaga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0HrGdl_bcE

  9. Where does she live? • She lives in a hut in the forest • Her hut is a living thing that moves • It has large chicken legs and it has the ability to move whenever it wants • When it does move it runs or sprints • "Hut, hut, turn your back to the forest and your front to me". The phase would make the hut turn around and face the person on the ground like knocking.

  10. Pictures of her hut

  11. What does she look like? • She has a large nose that scrapes the ceiling of her hut • She has a hunch back and a long face • Her face is rough and wrinkly like what today’s people would connect to what a witch looks like features • She has iron teeth and boney legs she also has two twin sisters who go be the same name • She does not were a hat, but she uses a broom

  12. How does she get around? • Flies through the air with her mortar • She sweeps away the tracks behind with a broom she holds in her hand • Broom is made of silver birch • Uses the chimney to fly in and out on her mortar

  13. Pictures of her Mortar

  14. What did you learn??? • What type of house does Baba Yaga live? • How does she gets around ? • What do her teeth look like? • What does she use her broom for? • Can she fly?

  15. Citations • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3seb1s1b-N4 • http://stpetersburg-guide.com/folk/yaga.shtml • http://goeasteurope.about.com/od/russianculture/a/Baba-Yaga-The-Russian-Fairytale-Witch.htm • http://voices.yahoo.com/exploring-russian-folklore-baba-yaga-834621.html • http://www.oldrussia.net/baba.html • http://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/baba-yaga/

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