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Becoming Baba Yaga: Trickster, Feminist, and Witch of the Woods

Becoming Baba Yaga: Trickster, Feminist, and Witch of the Woods

Spisak, Kris
Nethercott, Gennarose

Paperback

OccultMythology & FolkloreSelf-Help

Publisher Price: $16.95

ISBN10: 1642970514
ISBN13: 9781642970517
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Company
Published: Sep 3 2024
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Awards: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards
Silver Winner for Body Mind Spirit, Foreword INDIEs

Explore the folklore of the trickster, villain, and rescuer known as Baba Yaga in a new light.

With Becoming Baba Yaga, Kris Spisak presents a robust work of scholarship. Baba Yaga is a wily shapeshifter, nearly impossible to pin down--but Spisak miraculously transforms alongside her, ever keeping up. --from the foreword by GennaRose Nethercott, bestselling author of Thistlefoot

When darkness, fear, and instability inundate our daily lives, folktale figures like Baba Yaga speak to the dichotomy of our existence--the hope and the horror, the magic and the mundane. At once an old hag and an enchantress, a demon and wish granter, a feminist and nothing more than a fairytale, Baba Yaga is an endlessly complex folktale character.

Becoming Baba Yaga provides an in-depth look at the Baba Yaga mythos and history through Slavic folklore. Filled with historical and cultural context, analyses, and the stories themselves that add depth to the conversation. A comprehensive resource for anyone hoping to learn more about this ambiguous character and how her multifaceted presence still ripples through the present day, Becoming Baba Yaga is as thoughtful as it is illuminating.

Spisak explores Baba Yaga's connection to nature as an Earth goddess and as an herbalist. She also delves into the Shadow Self and Baba Yaga's aspect as a trickster and places her in a modern context as not merely a witch of the woods but also as an archetype and force for finding your own path. Becoming Baba Yaga shares how she is both a force for good as much as evil and a feminist before her time.

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