The Psychic Sidekick and I have working out what will happen on our show once we go "on air." We have been reading a lot of Baba Yaga stories. These stories usually include the Old Woman helping out a young lost child (Sometimes Ivan, sometimes Vasillisa) win an object that is necessary for them to find "home." Baba Yaga only helps these children because they act both intelligently and couragously.
A rather modern retelling of this story with the courageous and clever youth is Emily and Baba Yaga. Please note that this vid clip has some rather dark images in it. However our young Emily is a top notch machinist and is quite handy with tools and construction as fact that she uses to her advantage while trying to keep herself out of Baba Yaga's oven.
Baba Yaga also shows up to help out Ivan in some tellings of the Firebird story. Ivan gains Baba Yaga's trust simply because he is kind to the animals in the forest as opposed to Ivan's brothers who either ignore or try to kill the animals they encounter on the road to the Firebird and Baba Yaga. Perhaps that suggestion that our grandma witch is just another facet of the life cycle: the crone in the maidenmothercrone cycle.
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