Baba Yaga
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Baba Yaga is a female character from Slavic folklore who has two contrasting roles. In some narratives, she is described as a repulsive or ferocious-looking old woman who fries and eats children, whil
Baba Yaga depicted in Tales of the Russian People (published by V. A. Gatsuk in Moscow in 1894)
Baba Yaga being used as an example for the Cyrillic letter Б, in Alexandre Benois' ABC-Book
A lubok of "Iaga Baba" dancing with a bald old man with bagpipes
Baba Yaga by Ivan Bilibin, in Vasilisa the Beautiful, 1900
The Death of Koschei the Deathless or Marya Morevna is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki and included by Andrew Lang in The Red Fairy Book. The character
Sorcerer Koschei the Deathless abducts Marya Morevna. Illustration by B. V. Zvorykin.
Koschei roams the steppes. Illustration by B. V. Zvorykin (1903).
Koschey revived by Ivan with water, in the tale Marya Morevna. Illustration from The Red Fairy Book (1890).