13 Goddesses Challenge - Week #1: Russian - Baba Yaga

*BABA YAGA*

One of the fairytales characters I am working with lately is the Slavic Witch Baba Yaga. 

She is considered by many a very ancient Goddess and so do I.

The name Baba Yaga can be translated from Slavic languages as "Grandma Witch" or "Grandma Snake", but the etymology of the word "yaga" is still uncertain.

Baba Yaga lives in the woods in a hut that walks on chicken legs and she flies in a mortar, holding a pestle. Sometimes she is depicted as a trio of sisters. 

She is an old, hugly and wise woman, sometimes rude or wicked, but she reveals the truth to those who know how to ask.

Here is my interpretation.

(I totally forgot to take pictures while drawing it, so for this weeks there will be only the finished artwork. SORRY!)

Materials used: acrylics, watersoluble pastels, charcoal pencil, stencils, Uniposca markers.
As you know, I love tangles and doodles and I always add some to each of my artworks. :)

Now, show me yours! :)
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