IMAGE 14: Magic and Folklore in Russia. Unknown creator, ‘Baba Yaga riding a pig and fighting the infernal Crocodile. Russian lubok (a possible satire of Peter the Great and his wife)’, early 17th century. Image source: Baldina Ol’ga Dmitrievna. Russkie narodnye kartinki (Moskva, Molodaya Gvardiya, 1972), downloaded from Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.

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