Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga is a fearsome ogress in Slavic folklore who lives in a spinning forest hut on chicken legs. She is known for her cannibalistic tendencies and ability to fly through the air in a mortar or kettle. Baba Yaga is also a guardian of the water of life and is often associated with Death, devouring souls.Baba Yaga, in Slavic folklore, an ogress who steals, cooks, and eats her victims, usually children. A guardian of the fountains of the water of life, she lives with two or three sisters (all known as Baba Yaga) in a forest hut that spins continually on birds’ legs. Her fence is topped with human skulls. Baba Yaga can ride through the air—in an iron kettle or in a mortar that she drives with a pestle—creating tempests as she goes. She often accompanies Death on his travels, devouring newly released souls.