figure
Baba Yaga
also: Яга
The witch-like ogress of Russian folklore, a stock figure of hags and crones; Dvoetochiev bitterly complains that his own wife was 'born a Baba Yaga,' unlike Rebrotesov's sweet-tempered Masha.
Reading notes
- Tears Invisible to the World §148 Baba Yaga
The fearsome witch of Russian folk tale, proverbial for ugliness and ill temper; Dvoetochiev's complaint that his wife was 'born a Baba Yaga' plays off the folk figure as the opposite of the sweet-tempered Masha he has just admired.