Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft: Slavic Magic from the Witch of the Woods

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The two gate doors in the fence were open. When Natasha pushed them a bit to go through, they made a terrible squeaking sound. On the ground she noticed a rusty oil can.

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Baba Yaga came to the window and said in her sweetest voice, "Are you still weaving, little niece? Are you weaving, my pretty?" The stepmother came out to see what the fuss was all about. She turned yellow when she saw the girl, and her eyes glowed green, showing her true self. All that I leave, that you can have,” answered the Baba Yaga. She sat down at the table and ate up everything but one small bone. That was all the cat had. Although traditionally depicted as a figure associated with darkness, evil, cannibalism, & death, Baba Yaga is essentially a transformative agent.You sit down here at my loom, and continue to weave,” said Baba Yaga. “I will go and fetch you that needle and thread." So the little girl sat down at the loom and began to weave.

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Chulkov’s mention of the granddaughters of Iagaia baba reflects another similarity between the goddess and the later witch in that Baba Yaga is sometimes depicted as having two daughters or two sisters. Some scholars, in fact, refer to the figure in the plural as Baba Yagas, all essentially the same entity, their only differences the most superficial. From then on, the father took good care of his daughter and he never let a stranger come between them. Once again, the table was piled high with honey bread, strawberry jam and tea. Father and daughter played their games of peek-a-boo until it was time to go to bed. And so the two of them lived happily ever after. This article appears to contain trivial, minor, or unrelated references to popular culture. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject's impact on popular culture, providing citations to reliable, secondary sources, rather than simply listing appearances. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2023) Johns, Andreas (1998). "Baba Yaga and the Russian Mother". The Slavic and East European Journal. American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages. 42 (1): 21–36. doi: 10.2307/310050. JSTOR 310050. Baba Yaga slammed the gates closed. Spinning around, she pointed her long skinny finger at the dog. "You!" she hollered, "why didn't you tear her to pieces when she ran out of the house?"When Natasha came to the gate doors, they opened quietly without making any noise, because of the oil she had poured into its hinges.