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©2008-2009 *Himmapaan
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At full speed did she fly in her iron mortar

Pen and ink and watercolour.

Illustration for The Death of Koshchei the Deathless from Andrew Lang's The Red Fairy Book, published by The Folio Society, 2008. [link]

File scanned from a proof.

Baba Yaga is a very prominent figure in slavic folklore - a witch who travels through the air in her mortar, urging it on with her pestle and sweeping away her traces with a broom. Another of her famous appearances is in the tale of Vasilissa the Fair.

Other illustrations for this book: [link]

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:icontarantoela:
nice done:)

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:icontarantoela:
your welcome:D

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:iconjunkauge:
wow!
this is amazing!
great pose ^^
and your faces have such life!

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:iconhimmapaan:
Thank you very much!
:iconjunkauge:
welcome ^^

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:iconotai:
Baba Yaga XD!

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:iconpixelwitch:
Fantastic!! love it, love it!!

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I dream my paintings, then I paint my dreams. ~Vincent van Gogh
:iconhimmapaan:
Thank you so much!
:iconpyretta-blaze:
I love that you've done baba yaga. She's one of my favorite characters in folklore.

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