Mythology: Periaslavlan
Portfolio: Mothers, forests and forest-dwellers, death, moon
Large Temples: Anzhedonev, Chelyabinsk, Medvedgorod
Symbols: Moon
Pronunciation
BA-ba YAW-ga
Baba Yaga is a major goddess in Periaslavlan mythology. She is a witch that sometimes protects and sometimes harms those who ask for her help. If she is known for anything, it is a cruel whimsy.
She lives in a hut that walks on chicken legs.
Epithets
Jędza
Moonmother
The Old Witch
See Baba Yaga for more information.