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Baba Yaga Summary
501 words, approx. 2 pages
BABA YAGA, known in Russian folklore as a witch and an ogress, is the ancient goddess of death and regeneration of Slavic mythology, with roots in the pre-Indo-European matrilinear pantheon. In Slavic folk tales (mainly Russian), Baba Yaga lives in...
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Baba-Yaga : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
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Witch in East European folktales, also known as Jezi-Baba. Sometimes she appears as a forest spirit, sometimes as the leader of a host of spirits, in which capacity she acquires demonic status. One White Russian tradition describes her as travelling...
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Baba Yaga (Russian: Ба́ба-Яга́), is, in Slavic folklore, the wild old woman; the witch; and mistress of magic. She is also seen as a forest spirit, leading hosts of...


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The Horn Book Magazine
The Black Geese: A Baba Yaga Story from Russia.(Review)
05/01/1999: 399 words, approx. 1 pages
* Alison Lurie, reteller The Black Geese: A Baba Yaga Story from Russia; illus, by Jessica Souhami 32 pp. DK Ink 4/99 ISBN 0-7894-2558-0 14.95 g (Primary) Here's one well-known novelist for adults who can summon exactly the right voice for a...
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Baba Yaga. (book reviews)
08/09/1993: 141 words, approx. 1 pages
Katya Arnold. North-South, $14.95 ISBN 1-55858-208-8 Less compelling than Patricia Polacco's Babushka Baba Yaga (Children's Forecasts, July 12), which also features the witch of Russian legend, Arnold's rather thin story is noteworthy chiefly for the intriguing art that accompanies it. Here, Baba...
 


 

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