RUSS 0090 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: False Hero, Fokker E.Ii, Folklore
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Baba yaga and koschey the deathless, baba yaga a. i. Flies around on a mortar and pestle a. ii. Of ambiguous gender (often portrayed by a man in films) a. vi. Typically gets involved in unfair familial situations; occasionally plays matchmaker: koschey the deathless b. i. Makes him suspicious to peasants (old people were often suspected of witchcraft because of age) b. ii. Always kidnaps the woman, leaving the hero to save her by finding his death b. iii. Frequently seen hunting, which suggests a connection to nature b. iii. 1. Animals often help the hero find koschey"s death b. iii. 1. a. Nature defending itself it is only natural to die: other stuff on the two of them: c. i. Both convey tension between nature and evil c. i. 1. Their evils were inevitable, natural (of course baba. May have been used to help peasants come to terms with inevitability c. ii. Both may have been used as dark mirror images of the hero c. ii. 1.
