Yaga, the snake girl

Script: Antoine Ozanam

Art: Pedro Rodríguez

 

Svetlana is a mere child that when the tsar’s soldiers come blasting through her village. By some miracle, she and her friend Kalinka manage to flee from the massacre and stumble upon the forbidden woods, a place of speculation and superstition. After wandering about for several days, Svetlana and Kalinka find shelter with Baba, an elderly woman cut off from the rest of the world. For a brief moment, the two girls think they are safe as old Baba makes them happy and joyful again. She teaches them about the uses of plants, for good or evil, along with other important skills for surviving as women alone against the world…

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   Since the beginning of time, children have heard tales of the terrible Baba Yaga, the legendary Russian witch who roams with a magic cauldron and is often accompanied by chicken legs in her house. It is said that she is the embodiment of evil, a disciple of Satan… but none of us are born evil. 

 

   This is the story of a girl abandoned to her fate, who must transform into the monster that lurks in the eternal stories of Baba Yaga.

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Key Points:

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• Art by Pedro Rodríguez, one of the finest artists in the Spanish scene

• A magnificent study of personal transformation that highlights the idea that no one is born evil

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