by storytree | Dec 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
The folk tale ‘Brave Vasalissa and Baba Yaga’ is an ancient female initiation story (see previous post). Last Saturday I had the pleasure of leading a workshop for a group of women in which we explored this rich tale and made a doll as a talisman of the...
by storytree | Dec 8, 2009 | Fairy Tales, Feminism, Folk Tales, Stories of the feminine, Storytelling, Uncategorized
‘Brave Vasalissa and Baba Yaga’ is a Russian and Eastern European folktale which has ancient mythic and Goddess roots. The tale was most probably a part of an ancient initiation for young women. The may have been sent into the centre of the dark forest to...