# Solokha — Short Fiction character guide

> Solokha in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** most magnificent Solokha

**First appearance:** 0010-the-night-of-christmas-eve

## Snapshot

The blacksmith's mother, a witch who flies on a broomstick and stashes her many suitors in sacks when visitors come calling.

## Who they are

Solokha is the widow of a Cossack and a practicing witch whose charms draw a steady parade of village dignitaries to her door. Her son Vakoola has no idea of her nocturnal trade, and her suitors, each convinced he is her only one, are the source of escalating farce. Her habit of hiding them in sacks when inconvenient guests arrive turns her cottage into the story's comic engine.

## In the story

### [The Night of Christmas Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/the-night-of-christmas-eve)

Vakoola's mother, a witch who entertains multiple suitors and hides them in sacks.

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