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

Authors

Lisa M. Di Bartolomeo

Keywords

Baba Yaga, fairy tales, translations, language

Abstract

Villains are in, as we see in our Disneyfied multiplexes and musical theater productions, and what better villain to highlight than one who is functionally ambiguous? Given that Baba Yaga has been featured in a Hellboy comic (Mignola, Hellboy, Vol. 3: The Chained Coffin and Others, Dark Horse, 2004) as well as a Scooby Doo episode (“The House of the Nightmare Witch,” Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated, episode 202, airdate July 31, 2012, written by Adam Beechen, directed by Victor Cook), it should come as no surprise that she has finally demanded her own gloriously illustrated book.

Recommended Citation

Di Bartolomeo, Lisa M. (2014) "Review: Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales," Russian Language Journal: Vol. 64: Iss. 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70163/0036-0252.1130
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/rlj/vol64/iss1/14