Baba Yaga Statue

DescriptionThis beautiful Baba Yaga Statue is perfect for any lover of the slavic witch. It would be perfect for any sacred space.Baba Yaga a figure from Slavic folklore embodies the Wild Woman and is best known in story and song for her dealings with Vasalisa. It’s said that if you encounter her, she will either eat you, put you to work or give you advice. If she gives you advice, the outcome will be better than you could imagine. If she puts you to work… The work will be hard but you will do better than you ever dreamed possible. If she eats you.. Well, better luck in the next life! She rides through the Dark Forest in her mortar. Using her pestle as a rudder and sweeps away her tracks with a broom as she travels the night sky.She lives in a hut that moves around on a pair of chicken legs surrounded by skulls on poles. The keyhole to her front door is a mouth filled with sharp teeth; the fence outside is made with human bones with skulls on top. Often with one pole lacking its skull, leaving space for the hero or heroes. In another legend, the hut does not reveal the door until it is told a magical phrase: “Turn your back to the forest, your front to me”.