Ep 53 - Proud Hag - Baba Yaga

Tracey tells the story of the Slavic witch, Baba Yaga. She's our hosts' favorite proud hag that lives in a hut that walks around on chicken feet and flies around on her mortar and pestle (no kidding!)

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hag#cite_note-etym-4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babay_(Slavic_Folklore)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilisa_the_Beautiful

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Tsar_and_Vasilisa_the_Wise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Koschei_the_Deathless

Digital Spy

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a32208246/john-wick-baba-yaga-meaning-russian-fairytale-keanu-reeves/

Ancient Origins

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/baba-yaga-confounding-crone-slavic-folklore-002836

Vice

https://www.vice.com/en/article/evbbjj/the-enduring-allure-of-baba-yaga-an-ancient-swamp-witch-who-loves-to-eat-people

Ruth - Thesis 

Yaga: The Judicious Magistrate of Russian Folklore

Historic Mysteries

https://www.historicmysteries.com/baba-yaga/

Russiapedia

https://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/baba-yaga/

Myths

http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/origins117-baba-yaga-and-vasilisa-the-fair.html

Thought Co

https://www.thoughtco.com/russian-folklore-4589898

Tales of Faerie

http://talesoffaerie.blogspot.com/2015/01/interpreting-baba-yaga.html

Cryptids

https://cryptids12-everything.fandom.com/wiki/Baba_Yaga_House

Monster fandom 

https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Baba_Yaga_(folklore)

TV Tropes

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheDeathOfKoscheiTheDeathless

Ask Baba Yaga

https://www.taisiakitaiskaia.com/ask-baba-yaga-book

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