Baba Yaga is a Russian hagiography deity. Baba Yaga is the old Witch, the Mistress of Magick who dwells deep inside the woods in Slavic nations.
- She is the guardian of knowledge and controls the souls of the dead.
- She is both feared and adored.
- Baba Yaga is the guide to the dark side of the psyche, imparting the lessons required for development and expansion as the embodiment of the untamable.
- She is usually shown as an elderly hag riding through the air on a mortar, with the pestle serving as an oar.
- She has complete power over time and the elements, and she can answer any question posed by those who are courageous enough to ask it.