A new novel reimagines Baba Yaga — a crone figure in Slavic folklore — as a Jewish woman living in an Eastern European town during a time of pogroms.

Review - You’ll love the story, soundtrack, and visuals of Vasilisa and Baba Yaga as it transports you to a world that feels ...

Baba Yaga, the mysterious witch of Russian mythology, is one of the most iconic and terrifying figures in Slavic folklore.

A key figure from Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga certainly fulfils the requirements of the wicked witch – she lives in a house that walks through the forest on chicken legs, and sometimes flies ...

Perhaps one of the most renowned musical interpretations of a fairytale is Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird. Premiered ...

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 ...

In her debut book Thistlefoot, author GennaRose Nethercott reimagines the centuries-old character Baba Yaga as a Jewish woman living in a shtetl in 1919 Russia, in a time of civil war and pogroms.

Ukrainian soldiers have nicknamed the large Vampir drone Baba Yaga (a female character from Slavic folklore - ed.). The UAV earned this moniker because it operates exclusively at night, dropping a ...

Decimate the king’s loyalist forces, grow your powers, and discover the reimagined origin story of Baba Yaga, the most feared witch of Slavic folklore! Genres Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn ...

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 ...