![]() One more version suggests that her house is actually a "domovina" - a special type of building that was put on a high stump with roots where ancient Slavic people used to bury their dead.And guess in the middle of what Baba-Yaga lives? Because the forest is a straight way to the underworld. This is why the hero or heroine will sometimes say "Hut, hut, turn your back to the forest and your facade to me". Another alternative version is that her house is sort of a watchtower between the human world and the world of spirits.Alternatively, the odd look of her house is connected to the Slavic tradition of putting some wooden houses on stumps with chopped off roots to prevent the wood from rotting.The legs are usually made from pine stumps and either tarred or smoked to prevent them from rotting. ![]()
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