baba yaga (mythology)

A witch from Slavic mythology, often flying around in a mortar and living in a hut on chicken legs deep in the forest.

Included under this tag are similar baba witches which appear in Slavic myth, as Baba Yaga is commonly associated with East Slavs in specific, such as Ježibaba among the West Slavs and Baba Roga among the ex-Yugoslavs. Varyingly in myth, they are either presented as regional versions of Baba Yaga, or as her sisters/counterparts.