Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga is a supernatural being (usually portrayed as a witch) from Slavic folklore. She appears as a deformed and/or ferocious-looking woman (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name).

She flies around in a mortar, wields a pestle, and dwells deep in the forest in a hut usually described as standing on chicken legs. Baba Yaga may help or hinder those that encounter or seek her out and may play a maternal role and has associations with forest wildlife. According to Vladimir Propp's folktale morphology, she commonly appears as either a donor, villain, or may be altogether ambiguous.