автордың кітабын онлайн тегін оқу Vasilisa The Beautiful and Baba Yaga
Vasilisa the Beautiful and Baba Yaga
Russian folk fairytale
Translated by Elle Brown
Do you have something that someone special once gave you that seems to offer you strength and protection when you need it the most? In 'Vasilisa the Beautiful', the young girl, Vasilisa, was given a special doll on her mother's deathbed. Let's find out more about this story…
'Vasilisa the Beautiful' is a Russian fairytale that features a young girl named Vasilisa and one of the most infamous characters in Russian folklore, Baba Yaga. In this story, the eponymous heroine is pitted against Baba Yaga.
Vasilisa the Beautiful is in a collection of Russian folktales known as Russian Fairy Tales or Russian Folk Tales . The stories in this collection were compiled during the 19th century by Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev, who has been considered the Russian equivalent of the Grimm Brothers.
Illustration by Nataly Ger.
Long ago, in a certain kingdom there lived a merchant. For twelve years he lived in marriage and survived only one daughter, Vasilisa the Beautiful. The girl was eight years old when the mother passed away. Dying, the merchant called his daughter to her, took a doll from under the blanket, gave it to her and said:
„Listen, Vasilisa! Remember and fulfill my last words. I am dying, and with the parental blessing, I am leaving you this doll; always take care of it and do not show it to anyone; and when anything bad happens to you, give the doll something to eat and ask it's advice. It will help
