Showing posts with label Baba yaga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baba yaga. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 June 2010

Baba Yaga

I came across a statues of the famous witch 'Baba Yaga' today. Why did that name sounded so familiar? Is it a children's tale I remembered?... Apparently its a Slavic folklore character, who flies around on a giant mortar or broomstick and kidnaps small children. She also lives in a hut wich stands on chicken legs.
Can anyone remember such a tale? Maybe I saw it on a children's program? I really want to remember.