Baba Yaga - When Wishes Come True - European - Extra Mythology

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Vasilisa was a beautiful girl but her stepmother and 3 evil step-sisters had different plans for her. Plans that sent her deep into the woods and into the house of the dark witch named Baba Yaga. A witch who liked snacking on wayward travelers, bringing people misfortune, and occasionally passing along a little misunderstood luck.
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[@islammehmeov2334]

Will you do a TURKIC Folklore stories please tanks 🙏

[@aboubakrouladabdellah6611]

Could you do a vidio or series about Muhammed the profit from the Islamic religion?

[@brigittethienan]

Also weiß ich nicht was du sagst wenn ich einfach Baujahr gab sein würde hey Bau mir ne zwei hier Baureihe von Dampfloks können sie auch mit einfachen Gasbrenner war ging mein

[@zealouslyonpsychedelics]

All hail

[@moneysins]

“If you’re going into the woods… in search of a bride” That’s an interesting alternative to Tinder

[@ThrasherDylan]

Ironically people tend to go into the woods for tinder as well

[@moneysins]

@@ThrasherDylan Ayo

[@extrahistory]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@floydblandston108]

The diff is that not *everyone* in the woods wants to show you their dick.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

And this is why your phone has a Compass and 9-1-1 app

[@yuvalgabay1023]

western sinderela : witch gives here cool dresses and a limo to shame the step mother easter sinderela : witch : here take this. its a flamethrower

[@crzylkfx]

To be fair, the step mother and sisters got it pretty bad in the West too. They cut off parts of their feet to try to fit in the shoe, and birds come and peck out their eyes when she gets with the prince. I don’t think they die though. Just permanently mutilated

[@andrewpotts]

even further eastern (Vietnamese) Cinderella: Instead of living happily every after with my prince. I'm gonna kill my stepsister, make her into soup and feed her to my stepmother. When she sees the skull at the bottom of the bowl, she'll die of shock.

[@matanbaranes3088]

חחחחחחחח

[@matanbaranes3088]

רגע, אבל גבאי זה שם מזרחי (או טכנית תפקיד בבית הכנסת)

[@yuvalgabay1023]

@@matanbaranes3088 מה הבעייה בזה

[@deadlydingus1138]

Person: Why does your house have chicken legs? Baba Yaga: It’s my mobile home.

[@jwhite5008]

It was! And it was canonically capable of movement.

[@KasumiRINA]

One of the ways to defeat it was saying a limerick "hut on chicken legs, stay before me like leaf in front of grass", it makes just as little sense in context. Also, "turn to me with your front and to the forest backwards" and hero usually confused the two directions since russian heroes are always stupid. (Not exaggeration, Ivan Durak - the fool - is their go-to main character).

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

Slavic AT-ST

[@Dread_Floppa_cat]

Baba Yaga's hut can also have ram's legs

[@ArkadiBolschek]

For some reason, my favourite part of this tale is when Vasilisa comes across three horsemen in the forest, and later Baba Yaga explains that they are the Sun, the Morning and the Night, and that all three are her servants.

[@Bluecho4]

I've had a book from The Enchanted World (from Time-Life Books) on my shelf for years, that retells the tale. The full-color illustrations of the horsemen are breathtaking.

[@lalieesc1717]

I knew the tale from A Treasury of Fairy Tales book and its gorgeous illustrations

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

Ohh yeah I remember that one

[@PT5-Shorts]

This video wouldn't exist without my support, praise me

[@extrahistory]

[@placeholderdoe]

Okay.

[@sin_op6631]

Praise be!

[@I-eat-chiIdren]

Praise be to PT5 Shorts 🤲🤲🤲

[@rolandwenzel1782]

Hurra hurra hurra🎉

[@mszalans4817]

Baba Jaga is not only in Russian tales, it'smore broad, slavic. And she doesn't only represent some mythical evil, she is more literal witch for children. There are sayings like: "Baba Jaga patrzy!" (Baba Yaga watches you) and others

[@jwhite5008]

Yes. But also note that many of the tales emerged not in what we think of Russian Federation today, but in Rus (Русь) which encompassed modern day Ukraine, Belarus, European Russia and some territories around that including some of Poland

[@TorturedMongoose2003]

That's why you don't call a priest... You call a Witcher...

[@PreacherTHC]

I would love to go to a baba yaga party!!!!

[@jwhite5008]

@@PreacherTHC I believe you would not. Because why would you be in such a party other than to be eaten? Actually, the idea that there can more than one somehow completely missed my mind the whole of my life but it does make sense - folk tales usually described one living in the middle of a forest, but nothing suggests it's the same exact forest, so there must be multiple of them. I wonder if they get along with each other - I'd imagine so.

[@rocketslime4878]

​@JWhite the term kievan rus didn't even exist back then its a modern term we use to describe the allyship of slavic tribes that weren't ever one people's like the russians

[@pantherace1000]

In a lot of folk tales Baba is in my interpretation a more chaotic neutral fairy godmother. She is more than willing to help the main character of the story, but she needs something in return and the motivation for the main character isn't just needing the help from Baba but also that Baba will punish them if the character tries to trick her or fails at the task she assigned.

[@KasumiRINA]

She's literally beheading people and eating babies. Chaotic evil.

[@Dreamfox-df6bg]

I'd say Baba Yaga knew exactly what would happen and this was her revenge. Consider, the stepmother had sent Baba Yaga a tasty meal she could not eat, because Vasilisa was 'blessed'. Baba Yaga, being what she was, migth have assumed this was intentional, teasing her. Sure, Vasilisa wasn't blessed in the way Baba Yaga thought, but going with the myths, the only way Baba Yaga could probably find out by eating Vasilisa with some unpleasant side effects.

[@Fordo007]

To be fair… it’s Russia. The Tsar learning a woman can do all that work and also killed her oppressors while keeping her hands clean? That’s the kind of scheming and ruthlessness while keeping a saintly aura any Tsar would want in a Tsarina. He’s probably thinking what she can do at the next diplomatic dinner with the Swedes and Poles.

[@Oxtocoatl13]

"This woman tricked a demon into murdering her family and is using an unholy magic slave to run a successful business venture." "Be still my heart, have I finally found a girlfriend who shares my interests?"

[@KateeAngel]

That is Real Politik 😂

[@wild_lee_coyote]

There is only one person Baba Yaga fears, and that man is …. John Wick

[@dangergames5113]

Mariah killed her in cooking companions john wick has not

[@cobaltCarnivore]

Still super weirded out that John Wick is given a nickname implying he is an iron-toothed, unpredictable hag when Koschei the Deathless is right there

[@youngsinatra5776]

I thought this is a story about John wick....😅😅😅😅

[@maxhillen649]

@@cobaltCarnivore John wick is the one you send to kil the Baba Yaga

[@mrreyes5004]

@@cobaltCarnivore To be fair, I think that's because "Baba Yaga" is also considered a Russian/Slavic iteration of the Bogeyman in general. Because Baba Yaga is one out of MANY such Bogeyman equivalents around the world. Other such equivalents include El Cucuy of Latin America, Gurumapa of Nepal, Namahage of Japan, and Mètminwi of Haiti. Even the movie subtitles actually translate "Baba Yaga" as "Bogeyman". It basically means that John Wick ISN'T actually being fully equated to a chaotic hag, but just various localized versions of the Bogeyman in general. Which makes sense, because we know that John built up a reputation as a terrifying hitman across the world, just like how the Bogeyman is known by different names in many nations.

[@BrazenBard]

Fun fact: In D&D 5th Edition, Baba Yaga's chicken-legs hut is a construct - a creature... with no particular defenses against spells like Otto's Irresistible Dance. ...If you choose to employ this tactic against her hut, and Baba Yaga is inside at the time, hope that she doesn't spot you running in the confusion... Y'know, as she'll surely be quite upset by having her home hopping around in place for a minute's time.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Classic. I wonder if she's in a support group with Drawmij the Mage. SPELL - Drawmij's Instant Death: When this spell is cast, Drawmij - where ever and who ever he is - dies instantly. He doesn't even get a saving throw. As this spell has been around for some time, it is fair to assume that Drawmij is getting pretty sick and tired of it.

[@jwhite5008]

I have very vague memories of a soviet era kid's book / cartoon where the hut did just that - dance - but can't remember details well enough. If I'm not mistaken, a character used some (magical?) musical instrument to entice the hut to dance to somehow interfere with baba Yaga or something. I So in my book this is pretty spot on. Here is a clip of a parody, and NOT the one I'm talking about, but generally has the same idea: copy-paste into youtube search the following: Ну, погоди! Волк и Баба Яга

[@Switcharoo12]

First thing I remembered when I started watching this.

[@kevinbarnard355]

Aren't most constructs immune to being charmed?

[@PureStrengthLA]

so that is what that leged house was

[@midnightflare9879]

When you realize you won't meet John Wick in the Russian woods.

[@scottanos9981]

As long as you didn't end his puppy

[@justmerc1642]

"I once saw her kill three women...with a skull on a stick."

[@KasumiRINA]

You might when he bombs moscow with a drone.

[@melvinthendra2254]

​@@justmerc1642lol

[@brockmckelvey7327]

Did Matt do all the voices for this story? If so, mad props!

[@extrahistory]

He sure did!!

[@fillemptytummy]

I heard Skeletor impersonation for the skull 💀 🔥🔥

[@Zamtrios245]

​@fillemptytummy Wdym that's just how skeletons sound

[@SheilaTheGrate]

"Oh my goodness, what happened to your wicked stepmother and cruel stepsisters?" "Baba Yaga did it. I'm moving out. Bye Dad"

[@aninterestingtitle7581]

So happy to have extra mythology back. It’s my second favourite extra credits show, right after extra history

[@joerider485]

Baba yaga is very popular through out eastern Europe. Especially in Poland since everyone knows the story here Edit: There's also a game everyone played called Baba yaga looks ( english) Baba Jaga patrzy! (Polish) Its just the typical if he seen you move you loose

[@Echo81Rumple83]

i was fascinated with Baba Yaga since i was a kid; she was one of the minor antagonists in Sierra's Quest for Glory series (QfG1: So You Want to be a Hero and QfG4: Shadows of Darkness). when i took an elective in (now defunct Art Institute) on how to write stories for video games, i made what was essentially a "bible" (a book filled with information staff developers and animators need to refer to when developing/animating for a project) for a fictitious game about Baba Yaga. it was mainly focused on character art, props, and environmental designs. i think i might still have the prototype bible in my stash of regrettable college-related decisions.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

I remember first reading about her as the strangest villain in the 1st Edition AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide, and then periodic re-appearances in the Monstrous Manual, and multiple franchise campaign settings like Greyhawk. They did a good job introducing obscure historical pantheons back then.

[@shryggur]

Now I want a Big Brother Watches You poster with Baba Jaga that Pratzis You instead

[@mtio8179]

As a croatian I love to see more slavik mythology. I remember those stories from creature( like baba jaga or roga) from my childhood.

[@-jeff-]

Baba Yaga was the villian in one of my favorite AD&D modules.

[@jwhite5008]

Which one? Just curious.

[@talithacumiferguson8834]

The Russian folktale Extra Mythology told is titled Vasilisa the Beauty. I'm actually busy writing my own original retelling of the folktale titled "Vasilisa the Gorgeous" where Vasilisa is actually the princess of a small Russian empire, and she has an evil czarina for a stepmother and not two but three evil princesses for stepsisters.

[@PatchWorkExe]

Neat idea.

[@jwhite5008]

@@PatchWorkExe interesting! I suggest you maybe change the wording "small empire" to "principality" ("knyazhestvo" / "княжество") which were (semi-)autonomous feudal segments of Rus. In that case female ruler's title would be "knyaginya" / "княгиня".

[@KasumiRINA]

At what point she kidnaps and "adopts" children whose parents soldiers of said empire killed? Cause that's the new schtick for russian elite. Slave kids kidnapped en masse.

[@jag519]

Russian cinderella doesn't need a fairy godmother to make her catch an eye of the prince, she'll just have a woods witch murder her family and marry the czar herself! Sounds cool.

[@user-jk2uo1ic7g]

Спасибо, что обратились к русскому фольклору! Успехов команде Экстра Хистори и роста аудитории канала!

[@flavius5722]

Probably Baba Yaga tell Putin he is ready to invade Uckraine

[@Newidhan]

A tibe ne mishayit shto ani iyo Yaga zavut a ni Yega kak nuzhna?

[@kdawg9477]

Bunch of terroruzzia

[@nikokovacevic5504]

Hey doesn't Russians say baba for grandma (because we Croats do)

[@Alexander.Kravchenko]

@@nikokovacevic5504 Actually "baba" could be applied to any woman in Russian

[@AbeIsCool2024]

7:03 “Perhaps your skull on a stick could fill our eyes with light once more” famous last words

[@RichardRatliff-hi2fk]

hey, it did what they wanted. just not exactly how they planned.

[@hiropyro]

A certain movie's subtitles told me that the Baba Yaga was some unstoppable being of focus, commitment and sheer will that avenged puppies. Thank for you lighting my Wick and illuminating me.

[@feathereddoggo7891]

This is one of my favorite stories growing up. Wrote a final paper on her in college and I was so excited to see this go up I immediately shared it with my dnd group where she serves as my warlock/Paladin's patron. Loved this

[@kainingyao7873]

Looks like Baba Yaga must be quite a geeky witch, since her house on chicken legs is an OG giant mech, and her pestle and mortar is like a boat and oar for flying in the sky.

[@deananimator1303]

I always hate wen I get a skull on a stick instead of a match.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Me: Hey lady, got a light? Her: SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! KILL, MAIM, BURN! Me: Oh, I see you're a Taurus. That's nice.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Your mythology content is superb! Keep up the incredible work guys!

[@snapchatsnacks3154]

I think Baba Yaga would be great in modern stories inspired by the myth. Kind of like how Attack on Titan draws from mythology for its story.

[@jwhite5008]

A lot of Slavic mythology inspired game Witcher. I haven't played it but probably at lease some form of baba Yaga made it there.

[@snapchatsnacks3154]

A thing I thought of relating to this. In Slavic mythology there is this species of forest titans almost called Leshy. They have a lot in common with Baba Yaga such as an association with the woods, deals made with humans, eating humans, a skeletal/ wooded appearance. I think you could have a series built around Leshy and have Baba Yaga be some end game really powerful Leshy kind of like the founding titan in Attack on Titan

[@jwhite5008]

@@snapchatsnacks3154 I wouldn't describe Leshy as a titan but... ehh.. it's all up for interpretation.

[@Ashebrethafe]

@JWhite I watched the Netflix series, and I think Voleth Meir is the Polish version of Baba Yaga -- her power is called upon with the incantation, "Behold the Mother of the forest, the Deathless Mother nesting in dreams. Turn your back to the forest, hut, hut. Turn your front to me, hut, hut."

[@Selrahcthewise]

I've heard that Baba Yaga can also take the form of a dapper gentlemen,who takes out people with pencils from time to time

[@jwhite5008]

This sounds completely wrong. The folk character who supposedly hides small household items is called "domovoy" ("домовой" - "one of the house", i.e. a house-sprite), they are typically depicted as a half-human half-beast, or as a person who died in the house, typically but not always male.

[@shadowrunner2323]

No no, that's who you call to KILL Baba Yaga

[@Pistachio_cream]

​@@jwhite5008Op was actually talking about John wick :)

[@leflamewolf]

This was some nice timing as recently I was in a D&D session that was all about fighting Baba Yaga. We defeated her and her house by removing all the water from the chicken legs and turning Baba Yaga's bones into metal, and using heat metal. Vasilisa defeated Baba Yaga with wits and we defeated her with insanity.

[@jwhite5008]

Hah, classy! But don't you worry, she'll be back somehow and she will have you pay.. in a way you least expect!

[@VideosdeDomingo]

Baba yaga once killed three men in a bar with a pencil... with a f***ing pencil!

[@scottanos9981]

All over a f***ing puppy!

[@RichardRatliff-hi2fk]

THATS Baba Yaga's day job!

[@JunkPhuJP]

"That f***ing nobody is John Wick. He once was an associate of ours. We call him 'Baba Yaga'." "The Bogeyman?" "Well John wasn't exactly The Bogeyman. He was the one you sent to kill the f***ing Bogeyman..." "Oh." Now it can't be a coincidence that they release this about two days before John Wick 4.

[@RichardRatliff-hi2fk]

AND Jhon wick is RUSSIAN/SLOVAKIN

[@michaelramon2411]

In the Pathfinder TTRPG, there is a published campaign called "Reign of Winter" that draws a lot from Russian mythology. In one of its books ("Rasputin Must Die!", the highlight of the campaign), you end up running around Baba Yaga's house, and you can find Vasilisa's doll! It literally calls itself "Vasilisa's doll"! After Vasilisa died, Baba Yaga claimed the doll and tormented it out of anger for letting Vasilisa get away. But if the PCs find it, rescue it from the flame-eyed skulls that surround it and give it some food, it will join them as a little servant to do chores and busywork for them.

[@fasology]

I love the baba Yaga tale thank you for covering some more Russian stuff❤

[@LoSpotItaliano]

And Ukrainian too, which is far richer

[@hotdogboxd]

@@LoSpotItalianoхохол

[@slavic_viking9638]

@@LoSpotItaliano ok

[@Orocnogu]

@@LoSpotItaliano *sigh*

[@jwhite5008]

@@LoSpotItaliano During the period depicted in many of those folk tales the country of Rus (Русь) contained both Ukraine, Belarus, and European part of Russia. The country of Ukraine is a fairly modern development, it only truly separated when USSR was dissolved two decades ago. Even the name "Ukraine" was not common in the historic period - or at least didn't correspond to what we think of it now ("Ukraine"/"Украина" is roughly translated as on-the-edge i.e. border lands, probably referencing it as a border of more modern Russian empire). So there is no reason in arguing this point simply because somehow trying to separate modern Ukraine from the rest of Rus at that point in time makes very little sense.

[@kchishol1970]

Great story. Would there be any chance you could do the Cthulhu Mythos, since Lovecraft's original writing is public domain?

[@Donttrustthatburger5144]

I like the version where she meets the dawn, dusk, and dark and does the weaving herself to win the Zar's attention

[@augustwolf_2256]

Yikes, that Flaming skull- face melting part was seriously metal.

[@yugoslavball1945]

Thanks for inspiring my love for history! (Note: great animation!)

[@kevinkerkhoff6670]

What a charming and wholesome story.

[@Keenath]

Baba isn't her first name, it's the diminutive of grandmother -- so "Baba Yaga" means something like "Granny Yaga" (the etymology of Yaga is obscure, but might have originally just meant something like 'witch'). You should refer to her as "Yaga" if you're trying to be brief, not "Baba".

[@KasumiRINA]

Baba is not diminutive, it's derogatory. Baba - hag, bitch, wench. It refers to all women regardless of age. Granny would be babusia in Ukrainian or babushka in russian, both these words actually have a dimunituve suffix. (Baba is just a root, words without suffixes are not dimunitive in Slavspeak). For example, Yagashechka would be dimunitive for Yaga. Or Rinusik for Rina.

[@rafstary3706]

Thank you guys for doing an amazing job Extra mythology was one of my favorite series on yt and I am so glad it's back And thanks the patreons too I don't make money myself yet so I can't really be a patron but if someone reminds me about it in the future I sure will become one

[@akosibimagediaries3994]

Baba yaga is on theaters now : JOHN WICK chapter 4 😅

[@CapVel]

Fun slavic fact! In some south slavic nations we Have Baba Roga, which is by some seen as baba yaga's sister, or baba yaga herself in a different horned devilish form, or a different person all together, as unlike baba yaga it's said baba Roga or Grandmother Horn, travels through villages and cities at night when the sun completely sets and the cold breeze of the silent cold streets and flickering lights of the balkans hits, any children alone not at home will be taken, what happens to them. Nobody ever knows. She horrifies the ever living hell out of serbian youth everywhere, thanks baba's for the childhood trauma.

[@jin_cotl]

Chef as in knifing someone, not cooking them 😂lol

[@JustGrowingUp84]

I remember reading this as a child... Thank you for the hit of nostalgia!

[@AlexAre0]

Juan Thick 4 script looking crazy

[@cube8282]

Absolutely loved it ❤️ Still I would love if you guys could make a video about The divine comedy

[@extrahistory]

If we could make all the things we totally would!!! :)

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

BY is my absolute favorite folkloric figure. I wrote like three essays on this character in my Folklore Studies degree. Hell, I incorporated her as an ogremage into my primary fantasy/D&D setting and at one point had a hook where she ran for mayor, exploiting a loophole of the local government that technically granted her citizenship. The other candidates paid the adventurers to find out what she wanted to get her to stop because they were afraid to run against her, but were even more afraid of what she'd do with legal power.

[@jwhite5008]

Yaga was generally depicted as a hermit in Slavic folklore, but the mythos inspired you to create is totally fair game of course!

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

@@jwhite5008 That's normally how I play her, too; she normally just does her own thing and if you stay out of her way, there's not much trouble. But the idea of her running for mayor by exploiting a loophole just fit so well with the setting. She didn't even leave her hut to do it, she just sent a talking animal to announce that she was running and would be on the ballot and more or less conducted everything else by mail, but her being on the ballot is terrifying because what will she do if you vote against her? Or run against her?

[@mix-up9003]

Moral of the story: don't expect Baba Yaga to do the dirty job for you.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

7:05 DON'T LOOK, MARION! DON'T LOOK AT THE ARK, I MEAN, SKULL!

[@jwhite5008]

too late, the skull looked at you anyway...

[@thegayghost872]

It’s like Cinderella, but terrifying!

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

You gotta admire Disney's ability to retcon Baba Yaga from cannibal witch to 'Fairy Godmother'

[@jwhite5008]

@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing Not the first one they did. I believe their "Beauty and the Beast" is at least partially based on a Russian folk tale "The crimson flower", which had... quite a bit of extra detail to it.

[@AceTrainerRyan12495]

Don't kill Baba Yaga's dog....

[@novo121]

As slav this story was so scary when I was a kid. I didn't lived near forest but it made me feel unsafe P.S that witch eats kids in south slavic version so thats the reason for being scared

[@KasumiRINA]

She eats kids in all versions.

[@nikoladjuras]

Here in the Balkan, "Baba Jaga" is called "Baba Roga" and I am pretty sure that West Slavs also have some kind of "Baba Jaga", she probabley just has some other, but simmilar name.

[@ElindorBG]

Its баба Яга In Bulgaria

[@StefanT2001]

Baba Yaga is a Slavic tale in general not only Russia, in the South Balkans its called Baba Roga.

[@jroden06]

Love this!! Fantastic video as always

[@lauramarianne1702]

This tale is widely told in Poland too. Kids are always told to be scared of Baba Yaga when they're being naughty! 😃

[@GeorgeEstregan828]

Focus, commitment and sheer will

[@everythingiscool6228]

Ah so that’s what they send John wick to kill.

[@MadamFoogie]

Awesome, I really missed these and Baba Yaga is such a cool myth. Friggin' hags, man. Sometimes I want to go live in a dark knotted forest somewhere, too. No responsibilities, just hoo hoo hee hee, hexes, mushrooms, moss, and mischief. I don't require a handsome prince, just think of all the cool feline familiars I could have! And who needs kids, you can snatch them up for dinner when their parents get tired of dealing with them! Seems pretty sweet.

[@B00Radl33]

My favorite Baba Yaga story was the one where she had vast knowledge, but aged one year every time people asked her a question. So if you asked her a question she would eat you. Unless you brought her a Rare blue rose which she could make into tea to become Younger. Less evil, but still very anti social. When I lived in Ukraine I was told by several children that there were lots of Baba Yaga (Yagi?) in the woods. One even drew me a picture of one with a very long neck. It was just their word for witch. These were all kids under ten, so I'm not 100% sure how cultural it was but I feel it a story worth repeating.

[@taneelbrightblade6622]

As a kid, I absolutely loved the book "Weirdos of the Universe Unite," where Baba Yaga is one of the major characters, and is a huge fan of Star Trek

[@raymartflores9537]

"A monster of focus, commitment, and sheer will"

[@mine_crafting]

That intro was fire god dam

[@laurapayne8963]

Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter is a modern reimagining of this story, and Vassa (Vasilissa) has to visit Baba Yaga (BY's convenience store) to buy lightbulbs.

[@reenactormc8291]

I’m glad you have such a great community that supports you, because if they didn’t our history teacher wouldn’t be able to show your videos in our class

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Me: reads the title. "Oh, a video about John Wick"

[@The-Random-Hamlet]

Baba Yaga: I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it further.

[@onuhrita5009]

Surprisingly, I was just binge watching your channel when this new video popped up, new subscriber and I love the ' you haven't read ' series

[@extrahistory]

Thanks for subbing!

[@kratostv9366]

John wick has entered the chat

[@icarob-eng]

The question is: what happened to the stick? Did he opened a match factory or something?

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@arurramoon1965]

I have on off watched you guess for years, ever since middle school, you all practically raised me with this channel.... One day I'm gonna support you guys directly, I just need stable employment.

[@bogdanerakovic6925]

I think Baba Yaga is in all Slavic folklore. I know there is a Baba Zaga in Serbia (baba roga).

[@paulchapman8023]

Quest for Glory has a pretty good take on Baba Yaga too. She shows up as the main antagonist of the first game, having cursed the land because the local baron insulted her. The protagonist's goal is to break the curse and drive her away, but first he has to get on her good side by offering her a snack. (And much like the story here, she'll be glad to eat the protagonist instead if he fails.) She shows up again in the fourth game, annoyed at the hero for having tricked her, but she is still willing to trade favors with him and otherwise live and let live... as long as the hero brings her a snack or two. One thing that is probably a liberty that Quest for Glory takes with the Baba Yaga story is that the aforementioned "snacks" are not at all appealing to a human: In the first game, she asks for a mandrake root (from which she plans to make a mousse), and in the fourth game she asks you to bake her a pie out of poisonous berries, human bones, and the equivalent of Cthulhu's saliva.

[@felixheitzer2262]

Baba Yaga is really a phenomenon, thanks for the episode😊

[@xessenceofinsanityx]

Thank you for that intro, now I've got 'Teddy Bears' Picnic stuck in my head 😂😂

[@user-lf3eh3px7j]

Well Baba Yaga is unpredictable because she's an undead, guardian of border between living world and realm of the dead. And because of that, never eat her food, unless you are protagonist of fairy tale. Because it's the food of the dead, or the food, that used in burial ceremony, before the conversion to Christianity

[@ellznaga2199]

Well if this show is good enough for baba to support it’s good enough for me

[@webkeeper]

Excellent video! I hope to see another one about Zmey Gorynych and his "immortality".

[@shivanshnautiyal1893]

My grandfather has left me about 3 books of Russian folktales,that contain mostly stories about Baba yaha and her chicken-footed Hut 😂😂She also used to say to young people that "O Russian Blood,where are you from and where are you bound to?"Childhood memories,you know 🫠

[@fireyjon]

Awesome content as always

[@bottasheimfe5750]

what an interesting tale. I always love hearing stories from Slavic myths.

[@tyjl3515]

I love Slavic folklore, it’s always so wild.

[@Ghiaman1334]

Has anyone done a modern/current era Baba Yaga story? That image of her making the phone screen turn static-y is kinda inspiring ngl

[@CelebrimborCurufinwe]

There's a book called Vasa in the Night that's a modern day retelling! Its very odd/kinda dreamlike quality but a fun read still

[@darinbourne6524]

I definitely held out hope to see John Wick.

[@LordBaldur]

He's not Baba Yaga, he's the one you send to kill Baba Yaga.

[@Serub]

This video was excellent! I really hope that you will consider exploring other slavic folk tales and mythical creatures, like mermaids(these ones have normal legs, and usually hang out on trees), leshiy, or maybe some more tame ones, like domovoy. Thank you for the video!

[@kylecruel]

Imagine being a mythological force for generations only to have it come to life on the silver screen as an vengeful hit man who lost his dog.

[@Orocnogu]

the world does not end at silver screen. This fairytale creature is very much remembered and known to everyone in Russia, Eastern Europe, basically any country with slavic roots. There are cartoons, horror movies (albeit not very good ones recently), it's like saying that noone would know about Santa Claus if it weren't for the movie "Bad Santa".

[@KasumiRINA]

​@@Orocnogu Santa Claus is more known than that film. The entirety of russian folklore can't hold a candle to Keanu Reeves legacy.

[@Orocnogu]

@@KasumiRINA yeah ok sure

[@awesomehpt8938]

Baba Yaga looks like Keanu Reeves

[@Panda_Roll]

"I am devil adject" I'm not sure why but I love that line 🤣😂😄

[@Switcharoo12]

I was first exposed to BY as a teen in the 80s playing AD&D. Thank you for the memory jump-start.

[@jeremy1860]

Huh, Baba being THREE witches? Wonder if Shakespeare took inspiration from that? 🤔

[@boyankovachev7982]

I doubt it because of two reasons. Firstly, if he was indeed inspired by mythology, it would much rather be by the Greek myth of the Fates. And secondly, the three sisters who have magical powers is a motif found all across the world in many different ages. One love ❤

[@TheCreepypro]

so glad to have mythology back because this was such a neat tale

[@_thekingsam]

Anytime I see more extra mythology 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jbfirstdown22]

This was great!

[@paulavery1912]

This was the first time hearing this folktale. It was wonderful! 😮

[@kennethreyes7859]

was it just me or did the baba yaga at 5:40 sound like starscream from the 80s? not only that, but the flaming skull sounds a bit like skeletor doesn’t it?

[@Obi_Wan_Kenobi_027]

I heard of Baba Yaga, however he was a lot different, and had a bit more firepower

[@sarahdiane4133]

I found this just in time for my hag based dnd campaign. Thank you extra credits team!

[@shinraset]

Baba yaga! The witch of the iron Forest her evil is next to none! Thank you Bartok for the very interesting iteration of baba yaga. I just want to live alone in my cabin and not be bothered.

[@seanarcher1079]

like how the campfire changed from before the story to after, nice touch