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If you don't know who - or what - Baba Yaga is, I wanted to share a unique miniature project made by talented miniaturist Alice Zinn.
I thought this was incredible and so realistic - a mini Baba Yaga, (1" scale, 1" =1', 6 inches tall) - accurate down to the feet! Now I'd heard of the Russian "witch woman" before, but never saw her with chicken feet until I looked it up. Pretty amazing, huh?
According to Wikipedia, “in Slavic
folklore, Baba Yaga is a supernatural being (or one of a
trio of sisters of the same name) who appears as a deformed and/or
ferocious-looking woman. Baba Yaga flies around in a mortar, wields
a pestle, and
dwells deep in the forest in a hut usually described as standing on chicken
legs (or sometimes a single chicken leg). Baba Yaga may help or hinder
those that encounter or seek her out. She sometimes plays a maternal role, and
also has associations with forest wildlife. According to Vladimir
Propp's folktale morphology, Baba Yaga commonly appears
as either a donor or villain, or may
be altogether ambiguous.”
