Baba Yaga
Slavic witch who lives in a hut on chicken legs deep in the forest. Baba Yaga is ambiguous—sometimes helpful, sometimes dangerous—testing those who seek her aid. She flies in a mortar, wielding a pestle, and her fence is decorated with skulls. Baba Yaga represents the wild feminine, the dangerous crone wisdom, and the threshold guardian who tests the worthy. She embodies nature's amoral power and the transformative ordeal.
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