Item: a book titled 'The Legend of Baba Yaga'
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Item 'a book titled 'The Legend of Baba Yaga'' is type book, alignment 0, made of leather,
has keywords 'baba yaga legend book'.
This item weighs 0 stones and 10 pebbles, and is valued at 1,260 gp.
This level 50 item has no special attributes.
*This item may be repaired 7 times.
Baba Yaga is a creature of legend. She can go from being the most evil
of ogresses to a harsh, but fair crone who rights wrongs for those who deal
honestly with her. Basically she is a combination of ancient hag and
wisewoman. Mothers of naughty children would scold them with the threat of
Baba Yaga coming to take them away, much in the same manner as the
British/American "bogey-man". Sometimes, in her ogress form especially, she
would steal children and cook them in a pot--reminiscent of Hansel and
Gretel's villainess. She also had her own unique home, a brown thatched hut
perched atop a giant chicken leg (yes, just one), that hopped continuously,
and could fly from place to place. In this manner, Baba Yaga was there one
minute and gone the next. The first trick for anyone who sought a favor was
to get the hut to stand still long enough to enter. This was usually
accomplished by answering a riddle from one of the skulls on the surrounding
gate posts, and/or performing a kindness for someone who knew the magic
words. Once inside, the seeker was hardly "home free." To enter Baba
Yaga's presence could easily mean death, and any request had a price. She
would set tasks that could not be accomplished unless cleverness and often
magic were involved. For this reason, she was credited with control of
inspiration and creativity. She rewarded those who failed with death or
transformation, but those who succeeeded were not only allowed to live, but
also to have their request granted. For exceptional honesty and ability,
she sometimes gave a boon of her own "special" kind. On Winter nights, Baba
Yaga brewed up storms by flying through the night sky in a cauldron or in a
mortar with the pestle as the rudder. Whether or not she lives today is
still a mystery.
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Item 'a book titled 'The Legend of Baba Yaga'' is type book, alignment 0, made of leather,
has keywords 'baba yaga legend book'.
This item weighs 0 stones and 10 pebbles, and is valued at 1,260 gp.
This level 50 item has no special attributes.
*This item may be repaired 7 times.
Baba Yaga is a creature of legend. She can go from being the most evil
of ogresses to a harsh, but fair crone who rights wrongs for those who deal
honestly with her. Basically she is a combination of ancient hag and
wisewoman. Mothers of naughty children would scold them with the threat of
Baba Yaga coming to take them away, much in the same manner as the
British/American "bogey-man". Sometimes, in her ogress form especially, she
would steal children and cook them in a pot--reminiscent of Hansel and
Gretel's villainess. She also had her own unique home, a brown thatched hut
perched atop a giant chicken leg (yes, just one), that hopped continuously,
and could fly from place to place. In this manner, Baba Yaga was there one
minute and gone the next. The first trick for anyone who sought a favor was
to get the hut to stand still long enough to enter. This was usually
accomplished by answering a riddle from one of the skulls on the surrounding
gate posts, and/or performing a kindness for someone who knew the magic
words. Once inside, the seeker was hardly "home free." To enter Baba
Yaga's presence could easily mean death, and any request had a price. She
would set tasks that could not be accomplished unless cleverness and often
magic were involved. For this reason, she was credited with control of
inspiration and creativity. She rewarded those who failed with death or
transformation, but those who succeeeded were not only allowed to live, but
also to have their request granted. For exceptional honesty and ability,
she sometimes gave a boon of her own "special" kind. On Winter nights, Baba
Yaga brewed up storms by flying through the night sky in a cauldron or in a
mortar with the pestle as the rudder. Whether or not she lives today is
still a mystery.
We are missing the long description for this item. Please log in and submit it if you can.
This item can be found in Towne of Rune.