Baba Yagya, the Ambiguous Mother and Witch of the Russian Folklore

Slavic culture is eastern europe, from poland through russia and finland. Some sorts of mushrooms were also heavily associated with baba yaga - a haggish witch that lives in the wood. In various slavic languages and dialects, baba derived words serve as names for the butterfly, pears and certain kinds of mushrooms. The author points out that in the mizin region, the leshis wife is often said to be the yaga.