Baba Yaga - When Wishes Come True - European - Extra Mythology

Vasilisa was a beautiful girl but her stepmother and 3 evil step-sisters had different plans for her. Plans that sent her deep into the woods and into the house of the dark witch named Baba Yaga. A witch who liked snacking on wayward travelers, bringing people misfortune, and occasionally passing along a little misunderstood luck.

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[yuvalgabay]

western sinderela : witch gives here cool dresses and a limo to shame the step mother
easter sinderela : witch : here take this. its a flamethrower

[Full-of-bs]

“If you’re going into the woods… in search of a bride”

That’s an interesting alternative to Tinder

[ArkadiBolschek]

For some reason, my favourite part of this tale is when Vasilisa comes across three horsemen in the forest, and later Baba Yaga explains that they are the Sun, the Morning and the Night, and that all three are her servants.

[deadlydingus]

Person: Why does your house have chicken legs?
Baba Yaga: It’s my mobile home.

[pantherace]

In a lot of folk tales Baba is in my interpretation a more chaotic neutral fairy godmother.
She is more than willing to help the main character of the story, but she needs something in return and the motivation for the main character isn't just needing the help from Baba but also that Baba will punish them if the character tries to trick her or fails at the task she assigned.

[mszalans]

Baba Jaga is not only in Russian tales, it'smore broad, slavic. And she doesn't only represent some mythical evil, she is more literal witch for children.
There are sayings like: "Baba Jaga patrzy!" (Baba Yaga watches you) and others

[SheilaTheGrate]

"Oh my goodness, what happened to your wicked stepmother and cruel stepsisters?"
"Baba Yaga did it. I'm moving out. Bye Dad"

[AbeIsCool]

7:03 “Perhaps your skull on a stick could fill our eyes with light once more” famous last words

[Dreamfox-dfbg]

I'd say Baba Yaga knew exactly what would happen and this was her revenge.
Consider, the stepmother had sent Baba Yaga a tasty meal she could not eat, because Vasilisa was 'blessed'. Baba Yaga, being what she was, migth have assumed this was intentional, teasing her.
Sure, Vasilisa wasn't blessed in the way Baba Yaga thought, but going with the myths, the only way Baba Yaga could probably find out by eating Vasilisa with some unpleasant side effects.

[PT-Shorts]

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[wild_lee_coyote]

There is only one person Baba Yaga fears, and that man is …. John Wick

[aninterestingtitle]

So happy to have extra mythology back. It’s my second favourite extra credits show, right after extra history

[BrazenBard]

Fun fact: In D&D 5th Edition, Baba Yaga's chicken-legs hut is a construct - a creature... with no particular defenses against spells like Otto's Irresistible Dance.

...If you choose to employ this tactic against her hut, and Baba Yaga is inside at the time, hope that she doesn't spot you running in the confusion...

Y'know, as she'll surely be quite upset by having her home hopping around in place for a minute's time.

[midnightflare]

When you realize you won't meet John Wick in the Russian woods.

[brockmckelvey]

Did Matt do all the voices for this story? If so, mad props!

[philtkaswahl]

>Young man searching for bride
>Finds Baba Yaga

Young Man: "Eh, I'll take what I can get."

[mtio]

As a croatian I love to see more slavik mythology. I remember those stories from creature( like baba jaga or roga) from my childhood.

[SHDW_TS]

Baba Yaga is a Slavic tale in general not only Russia, in the South Balkans its called Baba Roga.

[-jeff-]

Baba Yaga was the villian in one of my favorite AD&D modules.

[Fordo]

To be fair… it’s Russia. The Tsar learning a woman can do all that work and also killed her oppressors while keeping her hands clean? That’s the kind of scheming and ruthlessness while keeping a saintly aura any Tsar would want in a Tsarina. He’s probably thinking what she can do at the next diplomatic dinner with the Swedes and Poles.