There are many tales of Baba Yaga, and she did deal fairly with innocent people, but, like Grandfather Frost, if you annoyed her, you were definitely ‘toast’. The tales were a way to teach children to behave and the punishments were always extreme. Essentially if children weren’t polite and respectful they would die a horrible death which was always described in great detail.
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]]>The Grimm Tales were also horrific in the original form… warning kids of imminent and unpreventable death. That’ll teach’em ….
]]>BTW, a vegen asking the Old Man for salo wouldn’t go over well – he doesn’t have a sense of humor like Father Christmas. Russian fairy tales rarely end with ‘happily ever after’ – a coroner’s inquest is more normal. 😉
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