Who is Baba Yaga?

Each of us at least once heard or read the Russianfolk tales. Someone grew up on them, and the images of fairy-tale heroes became favorite children's characters, and some did not particularly fond of Slavic mythology. Nevertheless, everyone knows the image of Baba Yaga very well. The image is very bright, emotional, mysterious and still not completely understood by everyone. Who is Baba Yaga? The answer to this question is ambiguous and quite extensive, but we will try to understand.

Where did the image of Baba Yaga originate from?

Baba-Yaga was invented by the ancient Slavs to create their own myths and folk folklore. Most often it was an old woman endowed with magic power and a negative character.

We all remember that the house at Baba Yaga stands on the edge of the forestforests. Its hut is on chicken legs, which, if necessary, turns to the forest by the back, and the guests go ahead. The house is fenced with a fence of human bones on which human heads hang. Baba-Yaga flies on a broomstick or in a mortar. A rather eerie picture is being created. But, nevertheless, no fairy tale develops without Baba-Yaga.

Versions of the origin of this image to this daylots of. Someone believes that this is the image of a leading woman who dominated and conjured in a time of matriarchy, which existed in ancient times. Someone inclines that this is the pagan goddess of death. Some translate her name - Yaga - as a disease, sorrow, death. Others say that Yag means pine forest, boron, and she was his keeper.

Multivalued images of Russian fairy tales

All the tales have a double meaning - open andveiled. Open to readers the meaning of fairy tales is a struggle of good and evil, which, in general, existed as in ancient times, and remains to this day. That is why fairy tales are clear to all generations. The veiled meaning of the fairy tales is hidden in their images, because all the images were invented for a reason, and often are archetypes.

There is a widespread view that Baba YagaIs the image of death. She lives on the border of light and dark, she does not walk on land, but only flies, her house is filled with various dishes, surrounded by bones and skulls alone. And good fellows who get to it, it arranges serious tests, and who passes them, so it gives additional opportunities in the future.