Baba Yaga

== English == === Alternative forms === Baba Iaga, Baba-Iaga, Baba Jaga === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *baba ęga (literally “hag of terror”), probably through Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/, enPR: bä'bə yäʹgə Rhymes: -ɑːɡə Hyphenation: Ba‧ba Ya‧ga === Proper noun === Baba Yaga or the Baba Yaga (Slavic mythology) In Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a character who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder. ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Baba Iaga === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *baba ęga (literally “hag of terror”), probably through Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɡɐ === Proper noun === a Baba Yaga f (Slavic mythology) Baba Yaga == Spanish == === Alternative forms === Baba Yagá === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *baba ęga (literally “hag of terror”), probably through Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá). === Pronunciation === Syllabification: Ba‧ba Ya‧ga === Proper noun === Baba Yaga f (Slavic mythology) Baba Yaga