Russian folk fairy tale: the witch Baba Yaga
in russian and east slav folk mythology, there are many mysterious evils, the most known of which is the witch babayaga.
the story of the witch baba yaga is widely known in russia, and is the main feature of many operas, comics, fairy tales and children's cartoons, as well as of many films devoted to her.
baba yaga's typical image is an ugly old woman with a bone leg, hairy hair and a long nose.
her nose was so long that she could touch the ceiling even if she was lying on the floor, and her nose could identify the unhurried through the scent.
she has powerful magic, she eats children, she controls animals, elements and time.
witches live in the deepest part of the forest, in a small house with chicken feet, and the fence outside the house is made of human bones, while the lock on the door is made of human teeth.
the cabin can also be rotated, with a normal window facing the forest and a wall at the door; once a child is found lost in the forest, the cabin turns and opens the window to facilitate the witch ' s hunting out.
she moves in the forest or in the sky in the magic of flying skyscrapers, banging on it and cleaning up the obstacles ahead.
her mirror can turn into a lake, her comb can become a forest, her handkerchief can become a river, her blanket can fly and her horse can spray fire.
in russian folklore, there are thousands of stories about baba yaga, the most popular of which is " beautiful vasilisa " .
a businessman and his first wife gave birth to a daughter called beautiful vasilisa.
when vasilisa was eight years old, her mother died of her illness; before she died, she called her to bed and gave her a unique doll for the protection of motanga.
the mother told the young vasilisa that it was important to keep the doll safe and that no one could know it existed, even her father.
if vasilisa had something bad to do and needed help, she would just give the doll food and ask it for advice, and the doll would help her.
shortly after, vasilisa ' s father remarried, his newlywed wife was a widow and two daughters.
like cinderella's story, vasilisa's stepmother and sisters envy her beauty.
when vasilisa ' s father was not present, her stepmother and sister were very bad for her, but with the help of the doll, vasilisa was always able to do all the housework.
when vasilisa matured, many young men came to propose to her, and her stepmother was angry on the pretext that young girls should not marry before older ones, but no one would marry vasilisa ' s sister.
one day, the businessman had to travel to do business, which his wife saw as a good opportunity to dispose of vasilisa.
the family moved to a dark little house next to the forest where the legend of baba yaga lived.
the stepmother not only let vasilisa do all the work, but also send her to the deep forest in order to get baba yaga to find her and eat her.
fortunately, there were dolls, and vasilisa was able to do it all the timeIt can also return safely from the forest.
One night, the stepmother came up with another plan.
Each girl was given a mission to put out all the fire, leaving only one candle, which was then extinguished by her eldest daughter on the instructions of her mother.
They threw Vasilisa out of the house and asked her to borrow a fire in Baba Yaga's cabin.
Vasilisa, afraid of being eaten by Baba Yaga, consulted her doll who said she could go.
As a result, Vasilisa left for the cabin in Babaaga, and shortly after her departure, a mysterious knight rode a white horse in white clothes from her side a few hours before dawn.
Then a red knight rides the red horse and walks by her side.
She went to a house on the feet of a chicken, surrounded by a fence made of human bones.
The skull above was waving at her, and the night sky in front of her disappeared in front of the witch's door, which was locked with sharp teeth.
A black knight rode from her side, and the night came, and the eyes of the skull began to shine, lighting the open ground, as if it were day.
Suddenly, a terrible scream was heard, and only Baba Yaga came from the forest on mortars.
Vasilisa courageously bowed to the witch and requested her to give her a lamp, as instructed by her stepmother and sister.
Baba Yaja said that unless Vasilisa did her job, she would be eaten.
Vasilisa ' s tasks included cleaning houses, washing clothes, making a large meal sufficient for 12 people, separating rotting corn grains from healthy maize grains, separating poppy seeds from soil grains, and leaving the hut after Baba Yaga.
Vasilisa fed her doll, and she did her job with the help of the doll.
At dawn, the knight in white passed by the day, and at noon the knight in red passed by the sun.
When the Knight of the Night passed, Babayaga returned.
She was surprised that someone could do all the work and that she was happy to have the girl home.
In return, Baba Yaga sent Vasilisa home with a coal-filled skull lamp.
Upon her return, Vasilisa found that her stepmother and sister could no longer raise a fire at home since she had left.
The headbone light brought back burned the stepmothers and sisters of Vasilisa to ashes.
Vasilisa had been instructed to bury his skull so that no one would be harmed again.
Since then, Vasilisa has been an assistant to a fabric manufacturer in the Russian capital, where her work was very well accomplished; even the tsar noticed her and finally married Vasilisa as his wife。