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

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    Baba Yaga by Fabiano Mello de Lima. A digital sculpture by the storyboard artist Fabiano Mello de Lima that desexes Baba Yaga. An original feature is the pair of small hands protruding from the aperture in the vehicular mortar on which she is seated, presumably belonging to a captured child who will become Baba Yaga’s meal and end up as a skull to be added either to Baga Yaga’s fence or to those dangling from the mortar. Illustration by Fabiano Mello de Lima, Fabiano Lima . The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales Introduction and Translations by Sibelan Forrester Captions to Images by Helena Goscilo Selection of Images by Martin Skoro and Helena Goscilo Edited by Sibelan Forrester, Helena Goscilo, and Martin Skoro Foreword by Jack Zipes university press of mississippi  jackson     www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. With Support and Assistance from The Museum of Russian Art, 5500 Stevens Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55419, http://tmora.org A good faith effort was made to identify all artists or copyright holders of the illustrations used. Copyright © 2013 by University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2013 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Baba Yaga : the wild witch of the East in Russian fairy tales / introduction and translations by Sibelan Forrester ; captions to images by Helena Goscilo ; selection of images by Martin Skoro and Helena Goscilo ; edited by Sibelan Forrester, Helena Goscilo, and Martin Skoro ; foreword by Jack Zipes. pages : illustrations ; cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-61703-596-8 (cloth : alkaline paper) — ISBN 978-1-61703-778-8 (ebook) 1. Baba Yaga (Legendary character) 2.Tales—Russia. I. Forrester, Sibelan E. S. (Sibelan Elizabeth S.), translator, editor of compilation. II. Goscilo, Helena, 1945–, editor of compilation. III. Skoro, Martin, editor of compilation. IV. Zipes, Jack, 1937–, writer of added commentary. GR75.B22B22 2013 398.20947—dc23 2013003373 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ...