Baba Yaga Had A Point: Folklore Deep Dive

⚡-Baba Yaga didn't eat people because she was evil. She ate them because they were stupid.😉 Before she was the Halloween witch with the iron teeth, she was something else entirely. A goddess. A threshold keeper. The only figure in Slavic folklore who operated by a code so consistent, so fair, and so completely outside every power structure that ever tried to claim her, that the easiest thing to do was make her the monster and hope nobody looked too closely. In this episode we're going deep on the real Baba Yaga. The pre-Christian roots. The hut on chicken legs and what it actually means. The story of Vasilisa the Beautiful and the one question Baba Yaga asks every single person who walks into that forest. The Christianization that turned a goddess into a villain. And why Dungeons & Dragons got closer to the truth than most folklore textbooks. Comment CHICKEN LEGS below so I know the algorithm is behaving itself. 🐔🍗 CHAPTERS 00:00 -Baba Yaga, had a point 00:40 -Welcome to Lashes & Lore 02:15 -Who She Actually Was 04:20 -The Hut 07:40 -The Code & Vasilisa 10:20 -The Christianization Of It All 13:30 -D&D 16:37 -Mom Moment 19:00 -Close SOURCES & FURTHER READING Afanasyev, Alexander. Russian Fairy Tales (1855) Gimbutas, Marija. The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe Propp, Vladimir. Morphology of the Folktale D&D 2024 Monster Manual Crochet Pattern shown on screen: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr... 🧶Lashes & Lore is history, literature, and folklore delivered while I crochet. We're making a new square for our "Frankenstein Blanket" each episode so keep coming back each week to see how it's going. New episodes whenever the research is done and the yarn cooperates. ⚡My shop, Reanimate Threads, of repurposed thrifts is launching soon so sign up for my newsletter and check out the website here: https://www.mrsbettierage.com/reanima... 🖤Do you need more Monsters, Making, & Mom Hugs from yours truly? Sign up for my newsletter because you'll know about shop updates and my story updates there first! : https://mrsbettierage.kit.com/46964858c7 🧶Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @mrsbettierage   As always, free mom hugs from me to you! If you want to find me elsewhere on the internet, here are my links: Buy Me an Energy Drink: https://bit.ly/buymeenergy Website: www.mrsbettierage.com Patreon:   / mrsbettierage   Instagram-   / mrsbettierage   Facebook-   / mrsbettierage   Shop- https://www.mrsbettierage.com/reanima...