Vasilisa the Beautiful — Eastern Europe & Slavic (Well-Known) | Bedtime World Tour
Tonight we travel to the deep birch forests of Russia, where a kind girl with a tiny wooden doll in her pocket is sent to the hut of Baba Yaga — the witch whose house walks on hen's legs — to ask for a light. With her mother's little doll to help her through every impossible task, Vasilisa meets the fearsome old woman and comes home carrying the fire. A tale of gentleness, courage, and the quiet help we carry with us.
Russian tradition, Eastern Europe. "Vasilisa the Beautiful" (Василиса Прекрасная) is one of the classic Russian wonder-tales collected by Alexander Afanasyev in *Narodnye…
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