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Post by librarylady on Oct 1, 2024 17:25:28 GMT
Did you grow up hearing tales of Baba Yaga? I did not. I learned of her when I began to study children's literature in preparation for becoming a librarian.
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Oct 1, 2024 17:48:32 GMT
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Post by Zee on Oct 1, 2024 17:48:32 GMT
There was a book our teacher read us in grade school, so I have heard of it.
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Post by naby64 on Oct 1, 2024 18:00:11 GMT
No, but I do know the term. From John Wick.  The boogeyman is how they used it. I have also just read a book series where one of the characters was Baba-Yaga Yellowlegs. She was a witch. |
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Post by malibou on Oct 1, 2024 18:07:57 GMT
I was a tremendous reader of fairytales, so yes, I know of Baba Yaga. When I studied Czech in the Army at 18, I became familiar with Jezibaba, which led to even more stories of Baba Yaga. I made up my own Baba Yaga stories for ds.
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Post by flanz on Oct 1, 2024 18:13:35 GMT
as I understand it, Babajaga is a scary ugly witch in Polish.
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Post by melanell on Oct 1, 2024 18:20:31 GMT
Oh yes, there is a large Eastern-European population where I grew up. And my FIL, whose background was Ukrainian, Slovakian, & Polish, used to tell my kids about her when they were little.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Oct 2, 2024 0:00:25 GMT
My favorite author duo is Ilona Andrews. She's Russian. They incorporate a lot of mythology in their books, not just Russian. But I'm fascinated by the Russian stuff since it's a big hole in my knowledge.
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Post by mimima on Oct 2, 2024 2:49:43 GMT
Only as an adult
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Post by imkat on Oct 2, 2024 14:24:33 GMT
One of my kids received a beautifully illustrated storybook featuring Baba Yaga. It was on regular rotation when the kids were little.
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Post by Tearisci on Oct 2, 2024 14:26:26 GMT
Never heard of her/it.
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Post by Lexica on Oct 2, 2024 14:52:34 GMT
I have never heard of her. Both of my Dad’s parents were born in Ukraine and eventually moving to Canada, which is where they met and married. I wonder if my grandmother used to tell Baba Yaga stories to my dad and his siblings when they were young. If they did, Dad never shared any stories like that with us.
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Post by pilcas on Oct 2, 2024 15:13:39 GMT
I have heard of a Baba Yaga drone.
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Post by ghislaine on Oct 4, 2024 17:10:12 GMT
Yes, my mom is a librarian so I spent a lot of time in the Children's section growing up.
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Post by cakediva on Oct 5, 2024 0:52:59 GMT
I’ve heard it - on Supernatural lol.
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The boogeyman is how they used it. I have also just read a book series where one of the characters was Baba-Yaga Yellowlegs. She was a witch.
