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Scary, indeed. And her name sounds somewhat Tolkien-esque to me. :) I went and looked up "Swedish folklore" in Wikipedia - lots of interesting stuff! :good: And it looks like Swedish folklore is...

The heroes of Russian folklore:

Ivan Tsarevich - Иван-Царевич
Ivan the Fool - Иван-Дурак, Иванушка-Дурачок
Vasilisa the Beautiful/the Wise - Василиса Прекрасная/Премудрая
Alyonushka and her...

Miscellaneous

More Baba-Yaga, by the artist Cygankov/Цыганков

http://www.kniga.ru/upload/image/1001005242.jpg http://www.centrmag.ru/catalog/ozaas77713.jpg

The inimitable and unsurpassable...

There are about 160 ethnic groups and indigenous people (whatever that means, lol :) ) in Russia, so yes, I suppose many of them are left more or less to themselves and their beliefs... I'm rather...

Leshy/Леший

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/8/86/Leshyi_les.jpg

http://img1.liveinternet.ru/images/foto/b/3/390/2571390/f_14642455.jpg
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Meet the most popular characters in Russian/Slavic mythology. The materials are taken from Wikipedia.

Baba-Yaga/Баба-Яга

(a drawing by Viktor Vasnetsov)...