Baba Yaga
Country of Origin: Russia
Being Type: Witch (Humanoid)
Being Type: Witch (Humanoid)
Power Stats
Aggression
9/10
Magic Abilities
10/10
Physical Power
6/10
Origin Backstory
Baba Yaga dwells in Slavic folklore as an ambiguous supernatural crone living in a hut on chicken legs deep in the forest. Born from ancient pagan beliefs, she flies in a mortar wielding a pestle, sweeping traces with a broom. She tests visitors with riddles or tasks, rewarding the clever and devouring the foolish. Often linked to death and initiation rites, her iron teeth and bony leg mark her as a guardian of the underworld's threshold, both terrifying and wise in tales passed down through generations.
Key Features
- •Lives in walking chicken-leg hut
- •Flies in mortar and pestle
- •Iron teeth
- •Cannibalistic tendencies
- •Fence of human bones
Lore
Baba Yaga is an ambiguous crone in Slavic (Russian) folklore, living in a hut on chicken legs deep in the forest, flying in a mortar and pestle, and sweeping tracks with a broom. Her fence of human bones and iron teeth mark her as a fearsome figure who tests visitors with riddles or tasks, devouring the foolish but aiding the clever. Linked to death, initiation, and the underworld threshold, Baba Yaga embodies wisdom, terror, and the wild forces of nature. She represents the duality of destruction and guidance in Slavic tradition.