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Baba Yaga the Kind

Like I said in this post, in Russian fairy tales Baba Yaga can range from helpful to occasionally murderous to actual cannibal, but @the-importance-of-being-wilde wanted to know about stories where she is friendly. So here are the ones I know:

The Three Kingdoms

The hero Ivashko Lie-on-the-Stove is sent to Baba Yaga for help after a quest gets him stranded far away from home. He calls her “little grandmother” and she lends him her giant eagle to fly back to Russia. However, this is Baba Yaga’s eagle, so she instructs him to take enough meat with him to feed it every time it got hungry, or it might start snacking on Ivashko himself… (Don’t worry, he only loses a bit of his shoulder before he gets home and even that gets magically healed.)

The Maiden Tsar

I know this is about Baba Yaga, but the Maiden Tsar sails around with a fleet of ships accompanied by her thirty foster sisters just to court an extremely beautiful merchant’s son named Ivan. It’s awesome. Of course the lovers get divided and the Maiden Tsar lets Ivan know that he can find her in the thrice tenth kingdom. Ivan cannot find it, but he does find Baba Yaga’s hut and asks her for help. She says she does not know, but perhaps her younger sister does. Her sister is described as “another Baba Yaga”, but she does not know either. She tells him to go to their youngest sister and warns him that she might get angry and want to eat him, but that if he quickly begs her for three horns and asks her permission to blow upon them everything will be alright. Sure enough, this happens and when he does blow the horns a large firebird comes to fly him to the trice tenth kingdom. (Where Ivan makes amends to the Maiden Tsar and manages to win her love again.)

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I really love the idea of Baba Yaga: an old witch who lives in a house with chicken legs. Are there any Baba Yaga stories you know of where Baba Yaga isn't evil? If not, what are your ideas on a friendly Baba Yaga

Oh I agree, Baba Yaga is a great character! She features in broader Slavic folklore, but I know her mostly from Russian fairy tales. There she mainly shows up in three forms: helpful Baba Yaga, cannibal Baba Yaga and… let’s call her maybe-murderous Baba Yaga:

The helpful type gives heroes good advice and useful gifts. (E.g. The Three Kingdoms, The Maiden Tsar, King Bear, The Sea King and Vasila the Wise, Go I Know Not Wither, Bring Back I Know Not What, Ilya Muromets and the Dragon.)

The cannibal type wants to trap people to cook in her stove and eat. (E.g. “Baba Yaga”, Baba Yaga and the Brave Youth, The Prince Danila Govorila.)

The maybe-murderous type is only helpful when the hero performs the right kind of behaviour. (E.g. “Baba Yaga”, Maria Morevna, Vasilisa the Beautiful, and Ilya Muromets and the Dragon, again.)

In some stories there is more than one Baba Yaga, in which case they are sisters.

She is sometimes called “Baba Yaga the Bone-Legged”, in whatever form she takes. The dangerous Baba Yaga’s often fly around in a mortar, wielding the pestle as a magic rudder. The cannibal and maybe-murderous types often have a fence around their house made from human bones or decorated with skulls.

The iconic little hut on chicken feet is usually the first thing a hero ever sees of Baba Yaga and multiple stories state you must greet the house thus: “Little hut, little hut, turn your back to the forest and your front to me.” That way you can go in.

I will make a separate post to tell you some more about specific stories where Baba Yaga is friendly!

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𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝. 𝕀 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖, 𝕣𝕦𝕝𝕖𝕤, 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕚𝕥 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤, 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕙 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕙 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕙. 𝕋𝕠𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕪 𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕕𝕠 𝕤𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕤 (𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕝) 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖. 𝕀𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖’𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℕ𝕐ℂ ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕖 𝕒 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕝.

ℍ𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕪 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀’𝕞 𝕒 𝕓𝕚𝕘 𝕗𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕕 (𝕚𝕗 𝕀 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕚𝕥). 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝’𝕤 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 “𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟”. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟, 𝕞𝕪 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕. 𝔸𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.

𝕆𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕕𝕒𝕡𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖. 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥, 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗/𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕀 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖 (𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖), 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕓𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕/𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤, 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 (𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕪𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕪) ((𝕡𝕝𝕦𝕤 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕞𝕖𝕟’𝕤 𝕡𝕤𝕪𝕔𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤, 𝕘𝕒𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥/𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡/𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕓𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣)).

𝕌𝕟𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕞𝕚𝕞𝕚𝕔 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥, 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀’𝕞 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖.. 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕚𝕗 𝕀 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕘𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕙… 𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨 𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 (𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕧𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖) 𝕄𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕤𝕜 𝕞𝕖.

𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝.. 𝕀 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕥. ℂ𝕚𝕒𝕠

𝔐𝔵. 𝔅.

~ 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 ~

𝐣.𝐰. 𝐱 𝐧.𝐬. 𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜

my fiancé got so many deets about my partner and man… he’s so soft I CANNOT

despite how our lives are, we share a warm, domestic relationship IM ABOUT TO END IT ALL

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Never really posted on here, so not sure what i’m doing lol

@choppersconfirmedkills post inspired me to do.. this? lol thanks pookie ilyyyy

Name’s Bee, I’m a nerd and love anything nerdy. Huge fan of stealing my partners clothes, and I frequent to different realities because I can.

I also run an etsy shop for anything and everything channeling, so if any of you want to hear from your peeps, peek da shop 😉

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Anyways, here are some of my DRs bc why not:

~Cyberpunk 2077

~Arcane

~John Wick (this one’s fairly recent)

~Gravity Falls (realistic)

~Attack on Titan (one of my first DR’s, will no longer shift there for reasons but it’s one I hold close to me)

~multiple CRDR’s (including Transformers 2007 with my husband) (most of my CRDR’s are with different partners in one place lol)

~The Walking Dead

~Dune

~😽

About me:

-I’m a nerd

-I love anything and everything cheesy

-Mutt

-Double jointed (EDS go brrrr)

-I can cook a mean jambalaya

-Certified yapper

-I am living proof that the government officials are a bunch of furries (no you will not get context, iykyk)

-Was given the name “not dead bitch” in one reality, it’s universally known that I cannot die (even if i wanted to)

-Poly

-Witchy and bitchy

-Gamer uwu

Don’t hesitate to dm me if you wanna talk about anything and everything shifting (or if you have any questions and comments about, well… anything lol)

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