• Baba Yaga 1 3 6 8 10 12 14 18 20
  - elemental / guardian / necrotic spirit - infer
  - female 1 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 14 18 20
  - benevolent / malevolent 3 4 5 16 18
  - baba [OCS] (grandmother) 6 7
  - appears as a hideous old hag with razor sharp teeth 18
    - old woman (baba) 14 18
    - yaga (hag) 18
  - presides over birth & death 5
  - presides over death & regeneration 6 20
  - guardian of the water of death & the water of life 1 3 8 10 18
    see Ved'ma - infer
  - aids those strong & pure of heart 3 5 6
    - eats those who aren't 5 6
  - cannibalistic 1 5 6 8 20
  - to survive a visit to Baba Yaga's house
    - civility 18
    - humility 18
    - intelligence 18
  - leader of a host of spirits 5 6
  - sometimes three Baba Yagas / sisters 1 8
  - associated with the last sheaf of wheat 6
    - 'Great Mother' 6
    - 'Queen of the Wheat' 6
    - 'Mother of the Wheat-Ear' 6
    - 'Old Strumpet' 6
    - 'Old Woman' 6
  - rotating house on bird's feet 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 18
  - fence of bones & topped with skulls 5 6 8 10 12 18
  - flies in a mortar using a pestle to steer 8 10 12 18
    - sweeping behind her with a birch broom 8 10 18
  - mother of malevolent spirits 6
  - ally of Zmei Gorynich 10 21
  - similar to Berchta * [Ger] 8
    
  aka Baba Jaga >BAH-bah YAH-gah< 4 5 8
  aka Yezi Baba [Pol] 4 6
  aka Jez[d]i Baba [Pol] >YEH-zhee BAH-bah< 4
  aka Jezi Baba [Pol] >YEH-zhee BAH-bah< 5 12
    - (Grandmother Bony-shanks) 5 6
    - flies in a mortar  using a pestle to steer 5 6 12
      - sweeping behind her with a birch broom 5 6
  aka Jezibaba [Cz] 6
  aka Jazi Baba [Cz] 18
  aka Jedza [Pol] 6 18
  aka Ienzababa [Pol] 18
  - also referred to as: 18
    - Guardian of the Underworld 18
    - Mistress of the Forest 18
    - Goddess of Death & Regeneration 18
    - Wolf-Goddess 18
    - Bone Mother 18
    - Mistress of the Animals 18
    - Guardian of the Waters of Life & Death 18