FREE BABA YAGA AND VASILISA THE BRAVE PDF Marianna Mayer,Kinuko Y Craft | 40 pages | 19 May 1994 | HarperCollins Publishers Inc | 9780688085001 | English | New York, United States Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave by Marianna Mayer, Kinuko Y. Craft, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble® By his first wife, a merchant had a single daughter, who was known as Vasilisa the Beautiful. When the girl was eight years old, Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave mother died. On her deathbed, she gave Vasilisa a tiny wooden doll with instructions to give it a little to eat and a little to drink if she were in need, and then it would help her. As soon as her Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave died, Vasilisa gave it a little to drink and a little to eat, and it comforted her. After a time, her father remarried; the new wife was a woman with two daughters. Vasilisa's stepmother was very cruel to her, but with the help of the doll, she was able to perform all the tasks imposed on her. When young men came wooing, the stepmother rejected them all because it was not proper for the younger to marry before the older, and none of the suitors wished to marry Vasilisa's stepsisters. One day the merchant had to embark on a journey. His wife sold the house and moved them all to a gloomy hut by the forest. One day she gave each of the girls a task and put out all the fires except a single candle. Her older daughter then put out the candle, whereupon they sent Vasilisa to fetch light from Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave Yaga 's hut. The doll advised her to go, and she went. While she was walking, a mysterious man rode by her in the hours before dawn, dressed in white, riding a white horse whose equipment was all white; then a similar rider in red. She came Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave a house that stood on chicken legs and was walled by a fence made of human bones. A black rider, like the white and red riders, rode past her, and night fell, whereupon the eye sockets of the skulls began to glow. Vasilisa was too Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave to run away, and so Baba Yaga found her when she arrived in her mortar. Baba Yaga said that Vasilisa must perform tasks to earn the fire, or be killed. She was to clean the house and yard, wash Baba Yaga's laundry, and cook her a meal. She was also required to separate grains of rotten corn from sound corn, and separate poppy seeds from grains of soil. Baba Yaga left, and Vasilisa despaired, as she worked herself into exhaustion. When all hope of completing the tasks seemed lost, the doll whispered that she would complete the tasks for Vasilisa, and that the girl should sleep. At dawn, the white rider passed; at or before noon, the red. As the black rider rode past, Baba Yaga returned and could complain of nothing. She bade three pairs of disembodied hands seize the corn to squeeze the oil from it, then asked Vasilisa if she had any questions. Vasilisa asked about the riders' identities and was told that the white one was Daythe red one the Sunand the black one Night. But when Vasilisa thought of asking about the disembodied hands, the doll quivered in her pocket. Vasilisa realized she should not ask, and told Baba Yaga she had no further questions. Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave return, Baba Yaga enquired as to the cause of Vasilisa's success. On hearing the answer "by my mother's blessing", Baba Yaga, who wanted nobody with any kind of blessing in her presence, threw Vasilisa out of her house, and sent her home with a skull-lantern full of burning coals, to provide light for her step-family. Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave her return, Vasilisa found that, since sending her out on her task, her step-family had been unable to light any candles or fire in their home. Even lamps and candles that might be brought in from outside were useless for the purpose, as all were snuffed out the second they were carried over the threshold. The coals brought in the skull-lantern burned Vasilisa's stepmother and stepsisters to ashes, and Vasilisa buried the skull according to its instructions, so no person would ever be harmed by it. Later, Vasilisa became an assistant to a maker of cloth in Russia's capital city, where she became so skilled at her work that the Tsar himself noticed her skill; he later married Vasilisa. In some versions, the tale ends with the death of the stepmother and stepsisters, and Vasilisa lives peacefully with her father after their removal. This lack of a wedding is unusual in a tale with a grown heroine, although some, such as Jack and the Beanstalkdo feature it. The white, red, and black riders appear in other tales of Baba Yaga and are often interpreted to give her a mythological significance. In common with many folklorists of his day, Alexander Afanasyev regarded many tales as primitive ways of viewing nature. In such an interpretation, he regarded this fairy tale as depicting the conflict between the sunlight Vasilisathe storm her stepmotherand dark clouds her stepsisters. She interprets Baba Yaga as the "wild feminine" principle that Vasilisa has been separated from, which, by obeying and learning how to nurture, she learns and grows from. Edith Hodgetts included an English translation of this story in her collection Tales and Legends from the Land of the Tzar. Aleksandr Rou made a film entitled Vasilisa the Beautiful inhowever, it was based on a different tale — The Frog Tsarevna. There is also a Soviet cartoon — Vasilisa the Beautifulbut it is also based on the Frog Tsarevna tale. The book was edited by Irina Zheleznova, who also translated many of the stories in the book from the Russian including Vasilisa The Beautiful. The book was also translated in Hindi and Marathi. The feminist fantasy anthology Did You Say Chicks?! Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave and DeCandido's story was followed up in the succeeding volume Chicks 'n Chained Males with the sequel "Death Becomes Him," which is credited to Frants alone and features Koschei the Deathless as the antagonist. The book also includes other characters of slavic folklore, such as a Domovoi making an appearance. The novel Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter is based on this folktale with a modern twist. In Annie Baker 's play The Antipodesone of the characters, Sarah, Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave a story from her childhood that is reminiscent of the story of Vasilisa. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Russian folk tale. For the feature film, see Vasilisa the Beautiful film. For the animated film, see Vasilisa the Beautiful film. Children's literature portal. Vasilisa the Beautiful. Women Who Run with the Wolves. Ballantine Books. 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Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Kinuko Y. Craft Illustrator. Sweet, lovely Vasilisa lives with her jealous stepmother and stepsisters on the edge of a dark forest inhabited by the evil witch Baba Yaga. One night the stepmother sends Vasilisa to visit Baba Yaga, an errand from which the Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave girl has little chance of returning alive. A stylized and classy offeri Sweet, lovely Vasilisa lives with her jealous stepmother and stepsisters on the edge of a dark forest inhabited by the evil witch Baba Yaga. A stylized and classy offering. Get A Copy. Hardcover40 pages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 2. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Braveplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave. Oct 09, Melki rated it it was amazing Shelves: girl-powerfolk-fairy-taleswascally-witchesbaba-yaga. Vasilisa's tale begins much like a Cinderella story. Left alone with an evil stepmother, and two ill-tempered stepsisters, her life has become one of drudgery. As Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave years pass, her stepmother comes to realize that she will never marry off her homely, dim-witted daughters as long as the beautiful Vasilisa is around. So, Vasilisa is sent on a terrifying errand - to fetch a light from the dreaded Baba Yaga.