| “ | I sended you the moment you woke up that ridiculous chicken hut of yours. Baba Yaga. | „ |
| ~ Frau Totenkinder to Baba Yaga, Fables #27 — "In Like a Lion — Out on the Lam: Chapter Eight, March of the Wooden Soldiers" |
Baba Yaga's hut is a mobile hut on chicken legs, which belongs to the witch Baba Yaga. It first appears in a brief flashback from the Homelands in Fables #4 — "Chapter Four: Remembrance Day." After Baba Yaga was separated from the cabin by the Boxing League, the chicken hut ended up on the Farm, where it is kept under strict control. Eventually, the hut is merged with Squire Wyrmhouse, the living home of the late Blue Fairy.
History
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Baba Yaga's hut[1] is a mobile hut which walks on chicken legs.[3] During the Adversary's invasion, Baba Yaga used the hut for transportation as it ran through the forest alongside a large crowd of Fable people, closely pursued by the Adversary's troops.[5]
It is inferred that the chicken hut arrived at[2] the Farm[3] during Baba Yaga's capture by the Boxing League in the Homelands, which resulted in her separation from the cabin. The magical means employed to effect their separation had the unintended consequence of transporting the cabin to an unknown location, unbeknownst even to the Boxing League.[2]
The Farm
At the Farm, strict measures are taken to control the hut, including purchasing costly spells to bewitch and contain it.[3]
During Goldilocks' attempted revolution, the Old Woman's children arm themselves and use the cabin to patrol the Farm.[4]
When Baba Yaga arrives in Fabletown, the cabin senses its owner's presence[6] and runs amok on the Farm. Mustard Pot Pete forms a makeshift posse in a desperate attempt to regain control of the cabin, and a group of animal Fables frantically struggle to secure the runaway cabin as it careens through the woods.[3]
As Baba Yaga breaks free from her imprisonment, she ponders if the Fables still have her beloved cottage in their possession. The comic then switches to a panel showing the hut standing on the farm, bound tightly by ropes to keep it in place.[7]
The Everaftering
When magic becomes a part of the mundane world, Ivan the warlock steals the hut. To get it back, Bobby Speckland, Maddy, Samantha the talking vixen, and a talking cow are enlisted to retrieve it. During their mission, the hut merges with Squire Wyrmhouse, the living home of the late Blue Fairy.[1]
Appearances
Fables
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Everafter: From the Pages of Fables |
Original source
In traditional tales about Baba Yaga from Slavic folklore, her home is a hut perched atop four towering chicken legs that can turn about or relocate on command.[8]
References
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