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The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons

Baba-Yaga

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 through the air in an iron kettle with a fiery broom.

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Baba-Yaga from The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons. ISBN: 0-203-64351-8. Published: 2004–07–15. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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