The Old Witch.....

                             The best known of all witches..... Baba Yaga....
        
      In her "traveling" Hut (and its bird-like legs).... Just one aspect of this old crone...
                
                                      An old hag with iron teeth who eats children...
                She is said to be very thin in appearance ... Baba Yaga of Russian Folklore.....

                                Even a popular Children's Books "character"....
                
 
 
                         and the Alexandrite Ring among the tales of this old Witch....

                      Flying about with her broom (made of Silver Birch), riding in a Mortar
             
     (There are versions that say that the lower body is wooden and looks like a mortar)....
               
                                    but still said to snatch up and eat children....

                 She was often used as a "Boogeyman" to frighten kids into behaving....
... she is also known as the "Arch Crone" and is in many Russian Folk-Tales.... As a Nature Spirit she rules over the Elements.... and is said to rule over the Waters of Life And Death... But she has No power over the "pure of Heart"...
... She is very old and wise.... it is said that She Knows All.... She may offer "guidance" to lost souls and to aid Heroes on Quests.... so many have even sought her out to learn from her ...
                             ... She is also known as the "Bone Mother"....

Witches... Baba Yaga....

                  
              From Russian folklore comes BabaYaga ...the Old Hag of the Forest....)
 
She wears no hat and has a very long nose.... She is said to fly about in a mortar and carries her ever-present Broom (made of silver birch)... which she uses to propel herself through the air and uses it to wipe away all traces that she was ever there....
And the Shrieks wails from the host of spirits who accompany her... upon the wailing winds...
                                  And her house upon two large bird-like legs
            
             
                            An old Hag with iron teeth who eats children....
                   She is very thin in appearance even with her appetite...
                        Even a popular Children's story-book character.....
                

A to Z ..."Witches".....

 
                               We will do a couple on this for "W"....
              
      And no list of Witches wold be complete without Baba Yaga of Russian folklore....

Baba Yaga

this is a rather creepy redention of the old witch and her home

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                                                         A good one of Baba Yaga's Hut....

Baba Yaga

She is known to the Slavic people as "Baba Yaga" and the the Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian peoples by the name of "Baba Raga".

 depicted with her "Hut" ( I will discuss her Hut in a later post)

another view of Baba Yaga and her "Hut"

 She is a hideous old hag with "iron teeth", who is said to kidnap small children an eat them...Even though her apatite is voracious , she is thin as a skeleton...Thus another of her names... "Baba Yaga Bony Legs" ("Baba Yaga Kostianaya Noga")
 She appears in many Russian Folklore tales Also known as the "Arch Crone" or the "Bone Mother" She is a nature spirit who rules over the elements , and is said to be the Guardian over the Waters of Life and Death...However, She has No power over the "Pure of Heart"
  She wears no hat and has a very long nose... She is said to fly about in a Morter and carries her ever present Broom ( made of Silver Birch), which she uses to propel herself while flying, as well as sweeping away all traces that She was ever even there....
   A wailing wind announces her arrival as well as the "shrieks and wails of the host of spirits who accompany Her..
 She is Very Old and Very Wise.... (She knows All !!) and may offer guidance to "Lost Souls" and sometimes aids Heroes in their Quests...

Seen here taking a small child...

"Baba Yaga and the Alexandrite Ring"

"Baga Yaga and the Peddler"

She also has Two older sisters , also Named "Baba Yaga"