muma padurii

Muma Padurii literally means Mother of the Forest. She is one of the many female monsters in the Romanian folklore (others being 'Zgripturoaica', 'Scorpia') which together form a triumvirate similar to the Greek Gorgons. Muma Padurii is a spirit of the forest in a very ugly old woman's body. She lives in a dark, dreadful, hidden little house. This (step-) mother of the forest kidnaps little children and enslaves them. In one of the popular stories, at some point, she tries to boil a little girl, alive, in a soup. However the little girl's brother outsmarts Muma Padurii and pushes the woman-monster in the oven instead, similar the story of Hansel and Gretel. The story ends on a happy note when all kids are free to go back to their parents. Instead of saying "she's ugly", Romanians say "she looks like muma padurii".

External link

*http://www.inoan-press.com/para/ezot/112.html in Romanian

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