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Stern@lemmy.worldM to Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

Who Is Baba Yaga? The Slavic Witch Has a Complicated Origin Story

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Who Is Baba Yaga? The Slavic Witch Has a Complicated Origin Story

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Stern@lemmy.worldM to Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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Who Is Baba Yaga?
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Trickster, mentor, probable goddess—Slavic folklore's most famous villain is so much more than a witch.
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    She is a man of focus, commitment and sheer fucking will…

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    Wow. There are many similarities to the Discworld witches.

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      Terry Pratchett had a wonderful understanding of the patriarchal bullshit that made witches into villians and crones.

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    Hero’s quest. AKA: Quest for Glory 1: so you want to be a hero. AKA: John Wick.

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    I want a chicken-legged house.

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      I read that in Cake singer voice

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        And a looooooooong. Jacket.

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