Originally posted by nimzophyshI am right now reading a sci fi series from Eric Brown, "Weird space", Devils Nebula, Satan's reach, and the third, The Baba Yaga. The first two were written by Brown, the third by Brown and his daughter Una McCormack.
Der Untergang des Abendlandes
by Oswald Spengler
Baba Yaga is a slavic witch tale:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga