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Baba yaga book9/23/2023 ![]() ![]() While she was walking, a mysterious man rode by her in the hours before dawn, dressed in white, riding a white horse whose equipment was all white then a similar rider in red. The doll advised her to go, and she went. Her older daughter then put out the candle (as instructed by her mother), whereupon the step-sisters bodily forced Vasilisa out of the house and demanded that she go to fetch light from Baba Yaga's hut. ![]() One night, before bed, she gave each of the girls a task and put out all the fires except a single candle. The step-mother, only becoming frustrated with how her step-daughter's continued luck, not only in remaining alive, but also in how Vasilisa's beauty continued to grow, decided to change tactics. Only thanks to the doll was Vasilisa able to keep completing the scores of housework and remain safe whenever out of the house, always returning unharmed. When not over-working Vasilisa with housework, the step-mother would also send her out deep into the woods on superfluous errands, with the intentions of either marring her step-daughter's enduring beauty or increasing the chances of Baba Yaga discovering her and eating her, keeping the step-mother's hands clean of any perceived culpability. His wife, seeing an opportunity to dispose of Vasilisa, sold the house on the same day he left and moved them all away to a gloomy hut by a forest where rumour said that Baba Yaga resided. One day, the merchant had to embark on an extended journey out of town for business. When Vasilisa came of age and young men came trying to woo her, the step-mother rejected them all on the pretence that it was not proper for younger girls to marry before the older girls, and none of the suitors wished to marry Vasilisa's step-sisters. However, Vasilisa's step-mother, when not in the presence of her new husband, was very cruel to her, as were Vasilisa's step-sisters, but with the help of the doll, Vasilisa was always able to perform all the household tasks imposed on her. Vasilisa and her step-sisters (wearing kokoshniks), by Boris ZvorykinĪfter the mourning period, Vasilisa's father, in need of a mother for Vasilisa and to keep house, decided he needed to remarry for his new wife, he chose a widow with two daughters of her own from her previous marriage, thinking that she would make the perfect new mother figure for his daughter. Once her mother had died, Vasilisa offered it a little to drink and a little to eat, and it comforted her in her time of grief. When the girl was eight years old, her mother died when it became clear that she was dying, she called Vasilisa to her bedside, where she gave Vasilisa a tiny, wooden, one-of-a-kind doll talisman (a Motanka doll), with explicit instructions Vasilisa must always keep the doll somewhere on her person and never allow anyone (not even her father) to see it or even know of its existence whenever Vasilisa should find herself in need of help, whenever overcoming evil, obstacles, or just be in need of advice or just some comfort, all that she needs to do is to offer it a little to eat and a little to drink, and then, whatever Vasilisa's need, it would help her. Synopsis īy his first wife, a merchant had a single daughter, who was known as Vasilisa the Beautiful. Vasilisa the Beautiful ( Russian: Василиса Прекрасная) or Vasilisa the Fair is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki. Vasilisa at the Hut of Baba Yaga, by Ivan Bilibin For the animated film, see Vasilisa the Beautiful (1977 film). For the feature film, see Vasilisa the Beautiful (1940 film). ![]()
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