Lurley Keith
There is no "bird" here, so there is no soul in this symbolism story, but there is the fish, which is the food for the soul. Water is the symbol of the emotional body (which is just a very small part of the greater soul). The Wologor (bull) is the one who protects both forest and community. The Baba Yaga figure (shaman before she was corrupted) is the wisdom keeper of the circle of life (the connecting water of the womb and emotional growth).