You Spin Me Right 'Round, Baba Yaga, Right 'Round

Baba Yaga! The old witch of the woods, but she wasn't always that way. Her stories are shaped by those who told them and now Mythsogyny is taking a crack at those tales. Examine Baba Yaga's name, lifestyle, her infamous chicken legged hut, and of course her dark appetites.

References
https://www.thecambridgelanguagecollective.com/europe/baba-yaga

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/baba-yaga-confounding-crone-slavic-folklore-002836

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221118-baba-yaga-the-greatest-wicked-witch-of-all

https://www.worldhistory.org/Baba_Yaga/

Baba Yaga: The Ambiguous Mother and Witch of the Russian Folktale by Andreas Johns

Recommended Reading:

Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde

Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales by Sibelan Forrester