This has been bothering me for a few days. There is this memory I have of this story about an old woman and some children. She was scary and the path to her house was lined with skulls. Also in the story was her and/or the children fetching water from the well with a sieve.
There were also magic items, one of which was a needle. These magic items would multiply, and the needle would become a huge pile of needles. I don't remember the other items. I seem to remember that the kids threw them while running from the old evil woman. Did I dream this epic story, or is it out there? It is clearly a child's story, since I remember seeing it as a child.
Originally posted by CoconutBaba Yaga has a path with skulls leading to her chicken legged hut. She once enslaved a young girl and set three impossible tasks to her, but the girl solved the tasks and escaped with the help of Baba Yaga's animate servants and her magic doll. That sounds like what you're talking about.
This has been bothering me for a few days. There is this memory I have of this story about an old woman and some children. She was scary and the path to her house was lined with skulls. Also in the story was her and/or the children fetching water from the well with a sieve.
There were also magic items, one of which was a needle. These magic items would mu ory, or is it out there? It is clearly a child's story, since I remember seeing it as a child.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga
Baba Yaga is so cool.
EDIT - Yep. Baba Yaga.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ftr/chap06.htm
Certainly sounds close to what I remember. But I remember seeing it in video form, you know how they used to make picture books into video by just pasting the pics together and talking. Is there a picture book version of it by this or another name?
edit : Okay I found picture book form on amazon, but it's not the same images... looks like it might be a newer version.