Baba Yaga (Hellboy)
Baba Yaga is a female comic supervillain who features in Hellboy.
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Biography
Baba Yaga
She came to take advantage of Koshchei's fear of lost his soul where she assured him that though his path was dark and bloody that he would still be redeemed. The witch was responsible for sending him on a qest to slay the last breeding pair of dragons and their hatchlings in Russia so that mankind could be spared from them. However, in doing so, he came to be responsible for murdering the family of his adoptive father.
In 1895, sh contacted a young Grigori Rasputin and told the monk that the fates had chosen him to be an agent of change and a father to the new millennium. To ensure that his spirit would be forever safe, Baba Yaga came to place half of it within the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil. As a result, she and Rasputin gained a strong bond to the point that he came to refer to her as 'grandmother'.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Baba Yaga was created by Mike Mignola where she made her first appearance in Hellboy: Wake the Devil v1 (1996).
- The character was based on Baba Yaga of Slavic and Rusian folklore.
In other media
Films
- In Hellboy, Baba Yaga appeared in the setting of the 2019 live-action film where her voice was provided by actress Emma Tate and motion capture provided by Troy James.
Appearances
- Hellboy: Wake the Devil: (1996)
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