Although the mythological Baba Yaga kidnaps and eats children and seems to go hunting for them throughout the day for her evening meal, she also serves as a catalyst for change. There are a number of tales in which she acts as an agent of transformation, helping the heroine or hero toward self-actualization and the completion of a quest. In this form, Baba Yaga is probably best known from the story Vasilissa the Beautiful in which she inadvertently frees the heroine from the tyranny of her stepmother and stepsisters. And even in the movie, is throughout her terror that the children get noticed, loved and missed by their parents/guardians.
Baba Yaga is a witch from Slavic folklore who lives in a magical hut in the forest and either helps, imprisons, or eats those she encounters. She is among the most famous figures from Slavic folktales and has found a following in the present day among those who see her as embodying female empowerment and independence. She usually leaves her hut in the morning, returning in the evening, and commands a flock of black geese that circle the skies looking for children. In the story Baba Yaga's Black Geese, two disobedient children, Olga and Sergei, sneak out of their house while their mother is at the market - after she has warned them not to go out while the geese are flying - and Sergei is snatched up and brought back to Baba Yaga's hut for her dinner. Olga is able to save her brother through the use of magical items, and the two learn their lesson about not listening to their mother.
In the first "appearance" of the witch, the steps (1 foot with a high heel and the other with pyramidal metal bar) were completely based from VIKTORIA MODESTA's videoclip PROTOTYPE. Latvian pop singer and dancer Modesta uses her prosthetic leg in many creative and aesthetical ways. Modesta was not credited for anything.