Forest of Enchantments
Beware the Forest of Spells and Enchantments for this is where Baba Yaga Lives. Those who enter her house will spend a lot of time sorting seeds and grain and doing other work for her. But Baba has knowledge about spells that is well worth learning.
Everyone gathers, expectant, each looking forward to visiting the land of spells and enchantments.
The Enchantress tells us all that our guide is the doll she is giving each of us. (Find a doll or make one) She tells us that if we should lose our way, or be in need of help, all we have to do is ask the doll what to do. She says that the doll will assist, that we must keep her with us at all times, that we must not tell anyone we meet about her and that we must feed her when she is hungry and give her drinks if she is thirsty
You greet your doll and introduce yourself and when you look up again everyone has gone.
The doll says that you have to go through the Forest of Enchantments and ask the old lady who lives by the lake the way to the main market place where all the purveyors of spells and enchantments are gathered. She assures you that she will know how to get there. Having read all your fairy stories you realise that going to ask the Baba Yaga anything could prove interesting.
Baba Yaga is the fearsome creature, the crooked woman whose nose is hooked like a bird of prey. Her name means 'to know, to see, to forsee' and she is the seer associated with the moon crescent. The Baba Yaga has the power to transform herself into a myriad of shapes, often a toad, sometimes a hedgehog, frequently a bird. The Baba Yaga is often depicted as an evil old hag who eats humans, especially children, but she is known by many to be a wise, prophetic old woman. In appearance she is tall, bony legged, pointy headed and has dishevelled hair.
Your doll informs you that the hut she lives in has a fence around it made of human bones and topped with human skulls and eyes intact. The gate is fastened with human legs and arms instead of bolts and a mouth with sharp teeth serves as the lock.
According to the doll, who seems to be a font of information, one person who lived to tell the story said that "she commands the sun and it obeys her, she changes the stars in their course, she causes clouds to form in the air and makes it possible to walk on them and travel the country. She can turn herself into a young woman and then, in a twinkling of an eye turn herself back into an old woman. She has to the power to turn a man into an animal and she likes to move freely along roads and valleys and over mountains. Her business is to cast spells, gather herbs and stones, make pacts and agreements."
Right! you think.
As you climb through the hole in the clouds you realise you are in the Forest of Enchantments.
Document your time there and your time with the Baba Yaga who, of course, will set you tasks before helping you to reach the main market place.
The Enchantress tells us all that our guide is the doll she is giving each of us. (Find a doll or make one) She tells us that if we should lose our way, or be in need of help, all we have to do is ask the doll what to do. She says that the doll will assist, that we must keep her with us at all times, that we must not tell anyone we meet about her and that we must feed her when she is hungry and give her drinks if she is thirsty
You greet your doll and introduce yourself and when you look up again everyone has gone.
The doll says that you have to go through the Forest of Enchantments and ask the old lady who lives by the lake the way to the main market place where all the purveyors of spells and enchantments are gathered. She assures you that she will know how to get there. Having read all your fairy stories you realise that going to ask the Baba Yaga anything could prove interesting.
Baba Yaga is the fearsome creature, the crooked woman whose nose is hooked like a bird of prey. Her name means 'to know, to see, to forsee' and she is the seer associated with the moon crescent. The Baba Yaga has the power to transform herself into a myriad of shapes, often a toad, sometimes a hedgehog, frequently a bird. The Baba Yaga is often depicted as an evil old hag who eats humans, especially children, but she is known by many to be a wise, prophetic old woman. In appearance she is tall, bony legged, pointy headed and has dishevelled hair.
Your doll informs you that the hut she lives in has a fence around it made of human bones and topped with human skulls and eyes intact. The gate is fastened with human legs and arms instead of bolts and a mouth with sharp teeth serves as the lock.
According to the doll, who seems to be a font of information, one person who lived to tell the story said that "she commands the sun and it obeys her, she changes the stars in their course, she causes clouds to form in the air and makes it possible to walk on them and travel the country. She can turn herself into a young woman and then, in a twinkling of an eye turn herself back into an old woman. She has to the power to turn a man into an animal and she likes to move freely along roads and valleys and over mountains. Her business is to cast spells, gather herbs and stones, make pacts and agreements."
Right! you think.
As you climb through the hole in the clouds you realise you are in the Forest of Enchantments.
Document your time there and your time with the Baba Yaga who, of course, will set you tasks before helping you to reach the main market place.
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