Last Updated：2025/11/23

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Baba Yaga

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Source Word

Baba Yaga

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/

Proper noun

(Slavic mythology) In Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a hag who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder. She behaves ambivalently and may be either amiable or hostile.

Japanese Meaning

ババ・ヤーガは、スラヴ神話、フィン・ウゴルやポーランド、ブルガリアの伝承に登場する伝説上の老女で、特徴的な鶏の脚に支えられた小屋に住み、杵を使いながら空を飛ぶという逸話がある。彼女は善良な面と敵対的な面を持つ二面性のある存在として語られる。

What is this buttons?

Many travelers whisper warnings about Baba Yaga when they pass through the birch forests at dusk.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

多くの旅人は、夕暮れ時に白樺の森を通り抜けるとき、鶏の脚の小屋に住み、乳鉢に乗って飛ぶとされるスラブの老女についての警告をひそひそと囁く。

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(Slavic mythology) In Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a hag who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder. She behaves ambivalently and may be either amiable or hostile.

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