Status Updates From Russian Fairy Tales (Illust...

this is definitely a skim-read; so many of these tales (like those from any culture) are goofy, short, or have a mismatched allegory (or all of the above).

On her way, she is passed by three horsemen dressed in white, red and black. On Baba Yaga's fence, made of human bones, skulls are hung, the eye sockets of which illuminate the surroundings with their light like lanterns. Baba Yaga rides out of the forest in her flying mortar and heeds Vasilisa's request. Baba Yaga demands that she, under pain of death, first work as a servant.