Japanese crossword «Baba Yaga (Slavic folklore)»
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Baba Yaga is an important figure in Russian culture, possibly an ancient goddess who ruled in Eurasia before Russia was born—later demoted to a witch who flies around in a mortar, wields a pestle (although here it seems to be morphing into a broom), and dwells deep in the forest in a hut usually described as standing on chicken legs".
Goddess:
Wikipedia:
—the first written mention of Baba Yaga is in a Russian grammar in 1770, where she is identified as a member of pre-Russia's ancient pantheon of gods.
Google Scholar:
*Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Kālī, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte* by Małgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba, 2015. [Excerpts available in Google Scholar.]
Goddess:
Wikipedia:
—the first written mention of Baba Yaga is in a Russian grammar in 1770, where she is identified as a member of pre-Russia's ancient pantheon of gods.
Google Scholar:
*Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Kālī, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte* by Małgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba, 2015. [Excerpts available in Google Scholar.]