One of the most beloved (and feared) figures in Russian and East Slavic folklore, One of the most beloved (and feared) figures in Russian and East Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga is more than just a witch.
For centuries, the crone Baba Yaga has been a figure in Slavic folklore — the kind of character who might lend you a magical candle or kill you and use your skull to decorate her house on chicken legs ...