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

by Helena Goscilo and Sibelan E.S. Forrester

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Baba Yaga is an ambiguous and fascinating figure. She appears in traditional Russian folktales as a monstrous and hungry cannibal, or as a canny inquisitor of the adolescent hero or heroine of the tale. In new translations and with an introduction by Sibelan Forrester, Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales is a selection of tales that draws from the famous collection of Aleksandr Afanas'ev, but also includes some tales...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1617035963

ISBN13:9781617035968

Release Date:August 2013

Publisher:University Press of Mississippi

Length:256 Pages

Weight:2.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 8.8" x 11.2"

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