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In this modern world when i lived in CA we were right next to a smal city literslly like 5-10 minutes away down the road and it was civilization good internet and 3 1/2 acres of land to ourselves with 4 goats a dog and two chickens lol
Stop. You had me at "escape to the woods on a chicken-legged house." I too wish for land to protect and nurture any animal that needs help and a home. Confident it will happen one day. Had this one on my wish list for a while. The lighting is something else.
3:03 Yes, birds can get used to scarecrows. That’s why you move them to a new spot or switch them out with another scarecrow. People would dress them in their old clothes so they’d smell human. (My family had a farm.) 😅 I like it in scary films when they show birds landing on scarecrows to build suspense because if birds are landing on the scarecrow that means it hasn’t been moved in a long time…
@@MadMorph baba yaga is rooted in slavic mythology and folklore, from ogress thru time she become a human female, usualy witch or some kind of sorceress. from a creature or a wich who eat kids to guardian of waters and fountains, think my generation is last generation of slavic kids who were forced to be good or baba yaga will come for you to cook you. also our grandparents trumatised us for life with both baba yaga and water man, so til oday we have irraional anxiety around wells fountains, lakes etc... here is litel about baba yaga.. it also dependes wich part of slavic region we talk, baba jaga is baba roga in croatian.. in Lithuanian and Russian mythology, she was seen as a goddess of regeneration. Furthermore, Baba Yaga was transformed into the terrifying hag in Russian folklore, a witch-like woman who rowed across the air in a mortar and pestle, using the pestle as her oar, and swept the traces of her flight with a broom Baba Yaga appears frequently in Slavic folklore, typically as an elderly female figure with a long, hooked nose and metal teeth. At turns a monstrous witch or a benevolent sorceress depending on the legend, Baba Yaga lives in a house perched atop gigantic chicken legs, surrounded by a fence made of skulls and bones. Baba Yaga, in Slavic folklore, an ogress who steals, cooks, and eats her victims, usually children. A guardian of the fountains of the water of life, she lives with two or three sisters (all known as Baba Yaga) in a forest hut that spins continually on birds' legs. Her fence is topped with human skulls. Etymology The name varies among Slavic languages. In Polish, it's spelt "Baba Jaga," and in Czech and Slovak, "Jeibaba." In the Slovene language, the words became Jaga Baba. The Russians, the Bulgarians and the Ukrainians alike transliterated it as Baba Yaga. Moreover, Baba Yaga's name is formed of two components. Baba (originally a child's name for Babushka) refers to an "older or married lady of lower social status" or simply "grandmother" in the majority of Slavic languages. Yaga (Jaga/Jagusia/Jadzia) is a diminutive variant of Jadwiga, a Slavic given name. However, some etymologists detect a relationship between the word " iaga " and Baltic phrases denoting " strength, force " or "comprehension ". This etymological meaning links Baba Yaga to positive, beneficial forces and implies that the negative names in Slavic languages that are similar to Iaga are later additions. Other etymological theories revolve around words used in Western and Southwestern Bulgaria (eza, enza, endza, iandza). The Western and Eastern Slavic words have evolved to designate bad women, witches, or witch-like beings, implying a "female demon of illness" or " illness." In West and East Slavic folklore, the demonic female entity with this name became a folktale figure and lost her dangerous aspect. Baba Yaga's description Depending on the region, the legend of Baba Yaga will differ. Most of the descriptions are highly similar in that she is an ugly old woman who is fierce or an ogress. Her prominent hooked nose and long teeth, and her long bony legs are among the traits that have been mentioned often. Baba Yaga is exceedingly emaciated and bony, like a skeleton, despite eating as much as ten men. Accordingly, in folk tales, Baba Yaga is frequently depicted as having at least some iron features, such as an iron nose, an iron leg, or iron teeth. Baba Yaga's assistants As is the case throughout myths and folklore, Baba Yaga has at her disposal some assistants. The most distinctive ones are The White Horseman, the Red Horseman, and the Black Horseman. In the tale of "Vasilisa the Fair", she names them as 'My Bright Dawn, My Red Sun, and My Dark Midnight', because they rule dawn, morning or noon, and nightfall. Other devoted servants are represented by three bodiless pairs of hands that emerge from nowhere to carry out her whims. Baba Yaga and her Hut Her house is a cabin hidden deep in the woods, difficult to spot unless a magical thread, feather, or doll points the way. The cabin has its own personality. It can move around and stands on colossal chicken legs. It has eyes in its windows and teeth in its lock. Around the hut is a post fence. The stakes are made of human bones and are topped with skulls with glowing eye sockets that illuminate the woodland. Hungry dogs, wicked geese, swans, or a black cat are frequently seen guarding the cottage. The hut has the ability to spin and move around the woods. It emits a series of blood-curdling screeches. The fate of individuals who visit her house is in their own hands in many tales. Signification and symbolism Attached to the symbolism of regeneration, Baba Yaga is typically represented as the last sheaf of corn in agricultural festivities. Nevertheless, the complexity of Baba Yaga is established by the numerous folktales, illustrations, fables and other oral accounts that have been either lost or appended with other influences, modern or pre-modern. Symbolically, she is associated with the Triune goddes found in other mythologies, usually depicted as personifying the crone aspect. This association reveals her as the goddess of life, Rebirth, the moon, time, cycles, thresholds, and nature. Thereby she can be seen as Mother Earth, too. Baba Yaga is also referred to as The Great Teacher as she guides the soul to the afterlife. She serves as a guardian between the worlds of the living and the dead; therefore, she acts as a psychopomp. She is all-seeing, all-knowing, and all-powerful. Correspondingly she is seen as The Goddess in Russian fairy tales. Another instance for Baba Yaga is her representation as a wild and untamable soul of nature. Moreover, Baba Yaga and the mythical serpent are identical figures in Slavic folklore: what is ascribed to the snake in one iteration is performed by Yaga in another. Nonetheless, in Ukraine, a witch is frequently referred to as a snake. As with a snake, she conceals the springs of living water, copper, silver, and gold, which are the sun's treasures. As a result, she is able to summon either terrible or fine weather at will. Iron is also associated with Baba Yaga and her equivalents. Additionally, Baba Yaga's role as mistress of the forests, birds, and animals has also been considered. Not just beings, but also natural elements, are subservient to her command. She "hisses like a snake," "roars like a beast," and has the ability to transform into various animals, reaching impressive sizes. Consequently, it is said that Baba Yaga has two other sisters, who are also Baba Yagas who live in Her hut. Baba Yaga becomes a Triple Goddess in this fashion, embodying the Virgin, Mother, and Crone. The "Keeper of the Water of Life and Death" is another name for Baba Yaga. A common pattern encountered through myths and folklore is that when a hero is assassinated with a sword or by fire, he or she is sprayed with the Water of Death, which instantly cures all wounds. Then they are bathed in the Water of Life, granting Rebirth. The cottage itself can be interpreted as a symbol as it evokes old totemic rituals or those related to the burial of the dead. Another reference to this idea may be found in her revolving hut, which is surrounded by 12 posts, representing the passage of time through the 12 months of the year. Baba Yaga is also an accomplished weaver, frequently seen at her wheel, which is almost always associated with 'weaving time.' Conclusion With this in mind, it is reasonable to conclude that Baba Yaga was a pagan goddess of fertility who gave birth to all of nature and set cosmic rhythms. If we are to ascribe to Baba Yaga, only the appellative " the goddess of death" would not be sufficient. She synthesises numerous goddesses and archetypes with a dash of witchcraft, which distinguishes her as one-of-a-kind. She is the goddess of duality; she is the goddess of "death and life, Rebirth, senility and fertility, destruction and rejuvenation, villainy and compassion, masculine and feminine." As a result, she serves as the intermediary between two universes, also acting as a psychopomp in some instances. Therefore she is the gods' intermediary instrument - neither divine nor human. As a result, she is a mother but not a wife, a mother of beasts but not of humans, and so forth. As with every mediator, she possesses no free will of her own; instead, she transfers it to humans, though not to everyone, but to the chosen...
Baba yaga is really old folklore. She was a goddes who lost her position and turn into a witch/sorcerer. She look like an old woman with a blueish nose to cath her prey and iron teeth to eat them! Because her responsability was to safeguard the wordl of the living from the spirit one, one of her legs is all bone. Instead of a broom, she uses a giant mortar to travel, apart from her chicken legged house.
My mom bottle raised goats when I was a kid. Goats take a LOT of land with a LOT of overgrown grass and shrubbery because they eat EVERYTHING. We had 4 and they stripped all the greenery down to the dirt. Eventually had to sell them when they started eating the bark off the trees
Why didn't you just keep them penned in and feed them goat feed and hay? Though, I definitely understand that it could be a struggle. I feel like people often forget that deer will do a similar thing unless wolves and other predators keep the population down.
I've heard of people rotating their goats. Have them fenced in one area till they eat the grass short, and then put them in a new spot to allow the old patch to regrow. Cycle through 3-4 and you never have to buy feed and the land isn't harmed 😊
Horses do the same thing. Eat grass down the root, then pull up the roots (but not much for bushes, the did kill a couple of my mom's early attempt at fruit trees. If I remember correctly sheep and cows are better for long term lawn maintenance.
@@MadMorph Dito! Also your commentary had me in stitches the whole time.. and somehow I also felt so, validated by your ramblings, cause we are of the same mind on everything. Also get monkey nuts for the crows. (they love it and pigeons/doves and geese, swans etc dont eat them)- so more chance for them to come since its also less competition. I made friends with the crows in my local park.
Good news about the misshapen produce: it doesn't get thrown away! It gets used to make juice, jam, chutney, tinned fruit and veg, and other sorts of things where the appearance of the fruit itself doesn't matter. A lof of the time, misshapen fruit *can't* be sent to the supermarkets, because being an irregular shape or damaged will make it spoil faster, and the spoilage can spread to the rest of the batch. So you're still getting use out of "ugly fruit" every time you have strawberry jam on your scones, or a glass of orange squash, or a pack of frozen mixed veg.
"using the word kitten a lot but it's in an old lady voice so it's not hot" actually made me giggle out loud!! Morph you are so funny. I'd love to go feed birds with you
As a hungarian seeing you being surprised about white pumpkins was so funny. It's a different breed of pumpkin we have here, it's not mutated :D The kiln you noticed is also a traditional piece found in Middle and Eastern Europe.
I’m an avoidantly attached cottagecore witch and can confirm I can’t wait to play this! Also I always buy the misshapen fruits! Wonky apples need love too.
I'm laughing at your great voices. "Baba Yaga needs her spAAace." I imagined her doing a little primping gesture with her hair and an eye roll on that word.
Between the cozy autumnal vibes and the art style this game seems right up my alley and is really scratching my cozy witch game itch, I’ll definitely be keeping my eye on this one moving forward
Honestly I never comment anything, but I gotta say, your voice is so God damn soothing, who ever made this game should hire you to do the voice over of the witch, made it so much better and so much more interesting to watch , I actually wanna play this game just because of your voice 😅
That period of time still exists. This is no exaggeration--when I worked at a medical office straight out of college (2013) I ended up doing all of the IT work in addition to medical billing/office management. All of the medical assistants were super religious. I had a really good day once and fixed two printers and de-fragged one of the computers so the slow-down issues stopped. One of the MAs literally ran into the senior manager's office and wanted me fired for 'witchcraft.' Keep it classy, America.
I’m so excited for the full game to come out! It’s witchy, it’s cozy, it has a bone chair! And the fact that you can build the hut will absolutely be 99% of my game time. Like with Fallout 4 and The Forest, you can’t add this feature without me absolutely going overboard. This game is going to be great! 💚
When you were talking about how fruit and vegetables get thrown out when they don't look the way the farmers expect them to reminded me of the Bob's Burgers episode where Bob buys all the oddly shaped vegetables for his restaurant because nobody else would buy them because they were 'ugly'.
I enjoyed it very much. I'm sure unintentionally, but River Kitten looks like Wednesday Addams (in a good way). And I love how she held the crow on her hand, it was so cute; the pose she held was quite cool too ❤
i grew up in a suburban area with geese, cockatoos, corellas, dogs, fish etc. it's definitely possible to have an "suburban farm" type place if you wanted, if you're willing to pay for it. most modern building tends to have smaller backyards
As a child I was often scared with 'Baba Yaga will come get you' from my relatives. Excited to get to play this! Interesting thing I noticed about the name 'Reka'. This is the word for 'river' in Bulgarian.
i laughed out loud when you were talking a crow landing on you and imagining people thinking "who is this goth?" 😂 i also laughed out loud when you were discussing your goose voice and imagining someone was there all along, and just playing it off like you're not well. omg that was so funny 😂 cant wait for the full playthrough!
While you talk to geese, I chirp and sing back to songbirds...people stare sometimes and I just look at them, "What, she had a lot to say and don't get me started on him, she's had him going everywhere for just the right nesting material and he's about to crack under pressure" LOL Just because we can't really understand what animals say, doesn't mean that our kind-hearted mimicry isn't appreciated.
You should consider moving to Coxheath, Nova Scotia. It’s near enough to Sydney, and I’ve seen places there with horses, sheep, geese, and possibly more. There are actually a few houses for sale there now.
Our grocery store has a shelf for the old or misshapen fruits or veggies. I get the old bananas for banana bread, and the misshapen potatoes are totally fine. Some of the slightly older fruit or veg are still fine if you eat them that day, or cut and freeze them. Love the grocery store for doing that
If it's about Baba Yaga and Slavic folklore, then the game name reads Reká(stress falls on A), E reads like in the word "get" soft and short. Basically Reka means "River" in Russian or maybe other Slavic languages too. But I'm Russian and I'm only aware about my language alas
Indy folklore is my favorite gaming genre. The artwork is beautiful. Imagine a house on a chicken. I added it to my Steam wishlist. Thank you for the introduction.
My first time ever seeing this channel and I think I'm in love. How about this; I'll get some land, sheep, cats, dogs and chickens and Morph can have his geese and whatnots. I already have a friendly raven living in my backyard so he's obviously moving with me. But on a real note, Morph you seem like an awesome guy. Keep up the good work!
The baba jaga lore of her servants are mostly necromancers, black magic dabblers, and thieves Theres even a Russian lore in the style of Cinderella. But instead of the wicked mother and step sisters being cast out. The character that would be Cinderella kindly helps baba jaga and follows her instructions. She's given a token of gratitude that from what I remember baba jaga was going to use to take the soul of the Cinderella character but instead is instructed to give to her step mother and sisters because baba jaga like the little girl and burned the stepmother and sisters instead. I could be getting things a little off with this lore but the video on it is under the channel extra credit
omfg every time im in the mood for cozy game I always come here. so happy you exist. I love to forget about you and then binge myself to sleep x.x and then i rewatch later until I stay awake through the entire thing
I can’t wait to play this game for myself, I love Slavic folklore! For anyone that’s interested in this type of stuff, I recommend checking out the Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden. They are amazing books and what got me into Slavic folklore to begin with!
35:41 I listen to your game play while I work with my earbuds in, and I’m just going to go ahead and say that I’m constantly chuckling to what seems like to myself while I’m sort of, kind of, not committed to concentrating on my task. I’ve never been this entertained this thoroughly before. Well, besides the lawyer I work with here on TH-cam. Her sass makes me laugh 😅 But your good natured jests is very giving to me in a light and calming way. Idk if that makes sense. And I’m mostly just saying this to get it out because I know it’s well past comment reading hour, as this video is weeks old 😂 Hello to the person who might, probably not, be reading this.
Hello! I watch these and other videos while I crochet or knit a lot, and I always read through the comments to get the vibe of a video or additional information. I'm glad you get along with your coworker. Morph is very calming, and seems like a cool person.
Reminds me of the Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden - a fairy tale based on Russian folklore set in the middle ages. Beautifully written and can highly recommend the Audible version because the narration by Kathleen Gati is wonderful.
Telling old people they "used to be" beautiful had me cackling at my desk. Just the delivery...so true though. Love your voices! Really enjoyed this one.
This feels like such a love letter to the indie horror favorite The Path from like 2009 or 2011? The developers were Swedish and this has suchhhh a Scandinavian energy to it I can’t help but think it’s supposed to be a love letter to The Path
Your comments about wanting the goats but not wanting to live in the country made me think of another TH-cam channel I know where they literally live in a city (I forget which one but I think it’s in Arizona) and they have milk goats, chickens, and geese! So hang onto that dream! It’s possible!!
32:22 Those birds are pretty big, so I think they're ravens. Ravens tend to be bigger than crows. Though they seem to be missing the hooked beak, so it could go either way.
I participated in a playtest for this game and was so intrigued! The premise and aesthetic had my attention immediately, that bird-leg cabin instantly caught my attention looking like concept art from the first Alan Wake, and this being a new perspective of Baba Yaga than I’d seen made it really interesting! Also, who doesn’t enjoy some spooky witchy vibes? 💜
This was a pleasant playthrough. Thank you! You have a wonderful soothing voice and some of the voices you do for the characters are quite endearing and cute.
I absolutely am going to play this one and will watch if you play it. Very much enjoyed the demo myself. I understand if you skip past when you do play the ful game, but I will say that you missed at least a couple notable things I found. Specifically a cat you can take with you and a mirror that allows you to customize appearance again, including changing your clothes. And apparently it's possible to find the missing man mentioned near the beginning, though I haven't managed it, so I don't know what that gets you. Of course, those might change by full release anyway, so. (edited to put potential spoilers below the cut)
I am looking forward to see you play this game. This artstyle is gorgeaus. And if I saw anymone make a raven (or crow) appear to sit on their hand - or arm - just like that, I'd ask them to teach me their ways. I love those birds, they are so clever.
This art direction is unreal The animations, the dynamic quest rewards, the writing The first 20 minutes looks better than 90% of triple A drivel today
In the first house you called it a kiln. It's just the stove for heating. The kind I'm used to are cast iron but in Germanic and I guess this is Slavic places you see these wonderful giant clay stoves with decorations and colors baked in.
We have the same goals and wishes haha I also want to live on a lot of land, but still have good internet, and also not be too far from the grocery store and at the same time have land for animals. I actually found this place about 30ish - 40ish minutes away from where I currently live. 5 acres, a little house... and its only 170k I live in california... This is RARE which tells me it must be extremely haunted or something. I look at the listing every day and just dream.
I have multiple Things to say: This game look so cute omg Having a pet Raven would absolutely Rock they are so gorgeous and pretty tall so i think those are Crows And I don't know if i said it before but you have such a amazing Voice, so relaxing. Have a great Day :)💐
Sign up? Thousand times yes! Love stories about her. My husband is running a DnD campaign in which we're looking for one of her daughters - pretty epic!
ooo i like!! what a soothing voice as well!! I just subbed because this game is TOTALLY up my alley! First vid of yours I've come across as well. WELL DONE editing!
Just found your channel and gotta say I like your voice! Its very relaxing. Also I am so excited for this game😯 have had on my Steam wishlist for awhile now and I can't wait to play it myself on full release😁. Thanks for the nice sneak peek!
2024 real MadMorph voice reveal. Nice. XD This looks like a cozy game, indeed. Just added it to Follow on steam. Think I heard about it some time ago but had forgotten about it til now. :) 'N I was thinkin about that the other day when we were at a store; how all the fruits and vegetables look 'perfect' but elsewhere they may sell others that aren't 'nicely shaped' at a discount; like they're still good but don't look nice. Dunno if there's any little stores around here like that, though. Or then ofc they may toss them because people won't buy them...
"Is it to much to ask to have some land where I can have [a few cute animals to care for]?" - a millenial's and zoomer's mourning song about not existing opportunities.
That is literally my best friends dream! Her family and I so want to buy a plot of land, build a couple cabins and just farm and raise our own animals so badly! It'd be a lot of work, but so peaceful I think!
Its quite a beautiful game. We have a special crosswalk by our local swan and duck pond. Generations of ducks and swans have crossed it. Seagulls are not allowed to be harmed here either as they are the Queen's bird,( yup Queen Elizabeth liked seagulls i suppose). We have a lot of old areas and theres one that is supposedly haunted and a witch lives there. But as i know because of my ancestry witches were mainly healers using natural ingredients and herbs for syrups,rubs,poltices, foods,etc. Knowing weather changes coming. Different things. There was one man who was accused of witchcraft during the salem witch trials. He was pressed to death. Think of it like a giant stone sandwich😮. It is very interesting to read about.
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Awesome!👍 What's this game called?
@@joannabevan5456 Hi! I believe the game is called Reka.
@@simplymonca Right, thanks😅👍
As soon as I saw this I went to download it
In this modern world when i lived in CA we were right next to a smal city literslly like 5-10 minutes away down the road and it was civilization good internet and 3 1/2 acres of land to ourselves with 4 goats a dog and two chickens lol
Stop. You had me at "escape to the woods on a chicken-legged house." I too wish for land to protect and nurture any animal that needs help and a home. Confident it will happen one day.
Had this one on my wish list for a while. The lighting is something else.
Yessss! That sounds like absolute heaven!
Blessed Be!
3:03 Yes, birds can get used to scarecrows. That’s why you move them to a new spot or switch them out with another scarecrow. People would dress them in their old clothes so they’d smell human. (My family had a farm.) 😅 I like it in scary films when they show birds landing on scarecrows to build suspense because if birds are landing on the scarecrow that means it hasn’t been moved in a long time…
Wait, I didn't know that's why they'd wear those old outfits or that you had to move them every so often! That's actually really interesting!
I'm something of a fan of the Baba Yaga folk story, and I love when she shows up in media.
I liked her best when played by Keanu Reeves
@@MadMorph baba yaga is rooted in slavic mythology and folklore, from ogress thru time she become a human female, usualy witch or some kind of sorceress. from a creature or a wich who eat kids to guardian of waters and fountains, think my generation is last generation of slavic kids who were forced to be good or baba yaga will come for you to cook you. also our grandparents trumatised us for life with both baba yaga and water man, so til oday we have irraional anxiety around wells fountains, lakes etc... here is litel about baba yaga.. it also dependes wich part of slavic region we talk, baba jaga is baba roga in croatian..
in Lithuanian and Russian mythology, she was seen as a goddess of regeneration. Furthermore, Baba Yaga was transformed into the terrifying hag in Russian folklore, a witch-like woman who rowed across the air in a mortar and pestle, using the pestle as her oar, and swept the traces of her flight with a broom
Baba Yaga appears frequently in Slavic folklore, typically as an elderly female figure with a long, hooked nose and metal teeth. At turns a monstrous witch or a benevolent sorceress depending on the legend, Baba Yaga lives in a house perched atop gigantic chicken legs, surrounded by a fence made of skulls and bones.
Baba Yaga, in Slavic folklore, an ogress who steals, cooks, and eats her victims, usually children. A guardian of the fountains of the water of life, she lives with two or three sisters (all known as Baba Yaga) in a forest hut that spins continually on birds' legs. Her fence is topped with human skulls.
Etymology
The name varies among Slavic languages. In Polish, it's spelt "Baba Jaga," and in Czech and Slovak, "Jeibaba." In the Slovene language, the words became Jaga Baba. The Russians, the Bulgarians and the Ukrainians alike transliterated it as Baba Yaga.
Moreover, Baba Yaga's name is formed of two components. Baba (originally a child's name for Babushka) refers to an "older or married lady of lower social status" or simply "grandmother" in the majority of Slavic languages. Yaga (Jaga/Jagusia/Jadzia) is a diminutive variant of Jadwiga, a Slavic given name.
However, some etymologists detect a relationship between the word " iaga " and Baltic phrases denoting " strength, force " or "comprehension ". This etymological meaning links Baba Yaga to positive, beneficial forces and implies that the negative names in Slavic languages that are similar to Iaga are later additions.
Other etymological theories revolve around words used in Western and Southwestern Bulgaria (eza, enza, endza, iandza). The Western and Eastern Slavic words have evolved to designate bad women, witches, or witch-like beings, implying a "female demon of illness" or " illness."
In West and East Slavic folklore, the demonic female entity with this name became a folktale figure and lost her dangerous aspect.
Baba Yaga's description
Depending on the region, the legend of Baba Yaga will differ. Most of the descriptions are highly similar in that she is an ugly old woman who is fierce or an ogress. Her prominent hooked nose and long teeth, and her long bony legs are among the traits that have been mentioned often. Baba Yaga is exceedingly emaciated and bony, like a skeleton, despite eating as much as ten men.
Accordingly, in folk tales, Baba Yaga is frequently depicted as having at least some iron features, such as an iron nose, an iron leg, or iron teeth.
Baba Yaga's assistants
As is the case throughout myths and folklore, Baba Yaga has at her disposal some assistants.
The most distinctive ones are The White Horseman, the Red Horseman, and the Black Horseman.
In the tale of "Vasilisa the Fair", she names them as 'My Bright Dawn, My Red Sun, and My Dark Midnight', because they rule dawn, morning or noon, and nightfall.
Other devoted servants are represented by three bodiless pairs of hands that emerge from nowhere to carry out her whims.
Baba Yaga and her Hut
Her house is a cabin hidden deep in the woods, difficult to spot unless a magical thread, feather, or doll points the way. The cabin has its own personality. It can move around and stands on colossal chicken legs. It has eyes in its windows and teeth in its lock. Around the hut is a post fence. The stakes are made of human bones and are topped with skulls with glowing eye sockets that illuminate the woodland. Hungry dogs, wicked geese, swans, or a black cat are frequently seen guarding the cottage.
The hut has the ability to spin and move around the woods. It emits a series of blood-curdling screeches. The fate of individuals who visit her house is in their own hands in many tales.
Signification and symbolism
Attached to the symbolism of regeneration, Baba Yaga is typically represented as the last sheaf of corn in agricultural festivities.
Nevertheless, the complexity of Baba Yaga is established by the numerous folktales, illustrations, fables and other oral accounts that have been either lost or appended with other influences, modern or pre-modern.
Symbolically, she is associated with the Triune goddes found in other mythologies, usually depicted as personifying the crone aspect.
This association reveals her as the goddess of life, Rebirth, the moon, time, cycles, thresholds, and nature. Thereby she can be seen as Mother Earth, too. Baba Yaga is also referred to as The Great Teacher as she guides the soul to the afterlife. She serves as a guardian between the worlds of the living and the dead; therefore, she acts as a psychopomp. She is all-seeing, all-knowing, and all-powerful. Correspondingly she is seen as The Goddess in Russian fairy tales.
Another instance for Baba Yaga is her representation as a wild and untamable soul of nature.
Moreover, Baba Yaga and the mythical serpent are identical figures in Slavic folklore: what is ascribed to the snake in one iteration is performed by Yaga in another. Nonetheless, in Ukraine, a witch is frequently referred to as a snake. As with a snake, she conceals the springs of living water, copper, silver, and gold, which are the sun's treasures. As a result, she is able to summon either terrible or fine weather at will.
Iron is also associated with Baba Yaga and her equivalents.
Additionally, Baba Yaga's role as mistress of the forests, birds, and animals has also been considered. Not just beings, but also natural elements, are subservient to her command. She "hisses like a snake," "roars like a beast," and has the ability to transform into various animals, reaching impressive sizes.
Consequently, it is said that Baba Yaga has two other sisters, who are also Baba Yagas who live in Her hut. Baba Yaga becomes a Triple Goddess in this fashion, embodying the Virgin, Mother, and Crone. The "Keeper of the Water of Life and Death" is another name for Baba Yaga.
A common pattern encountered through myths and folklore is that when a hero is assassinated with a sword or by fire, he or she is sprayed with the Water of Death, which instantly cures all wounds. Then they are bathed in the Water of Life, granting Rebirth.
The cottage itself can be interpreted as a symbol as it evokes old totemic rituals or those related to the burial of the dead.
Another reference to this idea may be found in her revolving hut, which is surrounded by 12 posts, representing the passage of time through the 12 months of the year.
Baba Yaga is also an accomplished weaver, frequently seen at her wheel, which is almost always associated with 'weaving time.'
Conclusion
With this in mind, it is reasonable to conclude that Baba Yaga was a pagan goddess of fertility who gave birth to all of nature and set cosmic rhythms.
If we are to ascribe to Baba Yaga, only the appellative " the goddess of death" would not be sufficient. She synthesises numerous goddesses and archetypes with a dash of witchcraft, which distinguishes her as one-of-a-kind. She is the goddess of duality; she is the goddess of "death and life, Rebirth, senility and fertility, destruction and rejuvenation, villainy and compassion, masculine and feminine."
As a result, she serves as the intermediary between two universes, also acting as a psychopomp in some instances.
Therefore she is the gods' intermediary instrument - neither divine nor human. As a result, she is a mother but not a wife, a mother of beasts but not of humans, and so forth. As with every mediator, she possesses no free will of her own; instead, she transfers it to humans, though not to everyone, but to the chosen...
i think me too, but the Keanu Reeves kind of Baba yaga
I learned about it through watching Masha and the Bear lol but it is definitely interesting.
I know Baba Yaga from Ever After High lol. She's a cool teacher there.
Baba yaga is really old folklore. She was a goddes who lost her position and turn into a witch/sorcerer. She look like an old woman with a blueish nose to cath her prey and iron teeth to eat them! Because her responsability was to safeguard the wordl of the living from the spirit one, one of her legs is all bone. Instead of a broom, she uses a giant mortar to travel, apart from her chicken legged house.
My mom bottle raised goats when I was a kid. Goats take a LOT of land with a LOT of overgrown grass and shrubbery because they eat EVERYTHING. We had 4 and they stripped all the greenery down to the dirt. Eventually had to sell them when they started eating the bark off the trees
Why didn't you just keep them penned in and feed them goat feed and hay? Though, I definitely understand that it could be a struggle. I feel like people often forget that deer will do a similar thing unless wolves and other predators keep the population down.
I've heard of people rotating their goats. Have them fenced in one area till they eat the grass short, and then put them in a new spot to allow the old patch to regrow. Cycle through 3-4 and you never have to buy feed and the land isn't harmed 😊
i have one calf who eat like goat 😅 so i do rotational thing
Horses do the same thing. Eat grass down the root, then pull up the roots (but not much for bushes, the did kill a couple of my mom's early attempt at fruit trees. If I remember correctly sheep and cows are better for long term lawn maintenance.
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YOU'RE AN INCREDIBLE VOCIE ACTOR. I WAS WATCHING THIS ON MY TV. I SPECIFICALLY GOT ON MY PHONE TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THIS
aw thanks, I appreciate that extra effort and the compliment!
Totally agree! The game caught my eye, but the voice kept me here.
@@MadMorph Dito! Also your commentary had me in stitches the whole time.. and somehow I also felt so, validated by your ramblings, cause we are of the same mind on everything.
Also get monkey nuts for the crows. (they love it and pigeons/doves and geese, swans etc dont eat them)- so more chance for them to come since its also less competition. I made friends with the crows in my local park.
Good news about the misshapen produce: it doesn't get thrown away! It gets used to make juice, jam, chutney, tinned fruit and veg, and other sorts of things where the appearance of the fruit itself doesn't matter. A lof of the time, misshapen fruit *can't* be sent to the supermarkets, because being an irregular shape or damaged will make it spoil faster, and the spoilage can spread to the rest of the batch. So you're still getting use out of "ugly fruit" every time you have strawberry jam on your scones, or a glass of orange squash, or a pack of frozen mixed veg.
"using the word kitten a lot but it's in an old lady voice so it's not hot" actually made me giggle out loud!! Morph you are so funny. I'd love to go feed birds with you
As a hungarian seeing you being surprised about white pumpkins was so funny. It's a different breed of pumpkin we have here, it's not mutated :D
The kiln you noticed is also a traditional piece found in Middle and Eastern Europe.
I’m an avoidantly attached cottagecore witch and can confirm I can’t wait to play this!
Also I always buy the misshapen fruits! Wonky apples need love too.
I'm laughing at your great voices. "Baba Yaga needs her spAAace." I imagined her doing a little primping gesture with her hair and an eye roll on that word.
Between the cozy autumnal vibes and the art style this game seems right up my alley and is really scratching my cozy witch game itch, I’ll definitely be keeping my eye on this one moving forward
Slavic folklore let's gooooooooooooooo
Honestly I never comment anything, but I gotta say, your voice is so God damn soothing, who ever made this game should hire you to do the voice over of the witch, made it so much better and so much more interesting to watch , I actually wanna play this game just because of your voice 😅
💯agree also morph should make the sounds for the geese🪿 lmao
That period of time still exists. This is no exaggeration--when I worked at a medical office straight out of college (2013) I ended up doing all of the IT work in addition to medical billing/office management. All of the medical assistants were super religious. I had a really good day once and fixed two printers and de-fragged one of the computers so the slow-down issues stopped. One of the MAs literally ran into the senior manager's office and wanted me fired for 'witchcraft.'
Keep it classy, America.
I’m so excited for the full game to come out! It’s witchy, it’s cozy, it has a bone chair!
And the fact that you can build the hut will absolutely be 99% of my game time. Like with Fallout 4 and The Forest, you can’t add this feature without me absolutely going overboard. This game is going to be great! 💚
My husband said your Old Woman voice sounds like Winnie The Pooh and now I can't unhear it😂
Strangely, my husband said the same 😂
Omg I hear it!
I'm a girl but am I your husband? lmao I said the same thing
@@sofr790 you can be 😘
I’m not the only one!
When you were talking about how fruit and vegetables get thrown out when they don't look the way the farmers expect them to reminded me of the Bob's Burgers episode where Bob buys all the oddly shaped vegetables for his restaurant because nobody else would buy them because they were 'ugly'.
Oh yay! I remeber you posting about this a while ago. I was hoping you would show us this game and I love that you're now playing it. Thanks Morph ❤
Hope you enjoy it!
I enjoyed it very much. I'm sure unintentionally, but River Kitten looks like Wednesday Addams (in a good way). And I love how she held the crow on her hand, it was so cute; the pose she held was quite cool too ❤
i grew up in a suburban area with geese, cockatoos, corellas, dogs, fish etc. it's definitely possible to have an "suburban farm" type place if you wanted, if you're willing to pay for it. most modern building tends to have smaller backyards
As a child I was often scared with 'Baba Yaga will come get you' from my relatives. Excited to get to play this! Interesting thing I noticed about the name 'Reka'. This is the word for 'river' in Bulgarian.
This is referenced by Baba Yaga too, when she calls you River Kitten at some point. ^^
In Russian it is too. But it pronounce RekA', not REka
19:54 the voice you interpreted her with + the music is priceless. sounds so much more dramatic I'm lovin it
i laughed out loud when you were talking a crow landing on you and imagining people thinking "who is this goth?" 😂 i also laughed out loud when you were discussing your goose voice and imagining someone was there all along, and just playing it off like you're not well. omg that was so funny 😂 cant wait for the full playthrough!
There are tons of places in America that'll let you have a big plot of land for farm animals and still be a few minutes from town with good internet.
While you talk to geese, I chirp and sing back to songbirds...people stare sometimes and I just look at them, "What, she had a lot to say and don't get me started on him, she's had him going everywhere for just the right nesting material and he's about to crack under pressure" LOL Just because we can't really understand what animals say, doesn't mean that our kind-hearted mimicry isn't appreciated.
You should consider moving to Coxheath, Nova Scotia. It’s near enough to Sydney, and I’ve seen places there with horses, sheep, geese, and possibly more. There are actually a few houses for sale there now.
OMG the conversation about dads asking their kids for help - my eye twitched from ✨trauma ✨
Our grocery store has a shelf for the old or misshapen fruits or veggies. I get the old bananas for banana bread, and the misshapen potatoes are totally fine. Some of the slightly older fruit or veg are still fine if you eat them that day, or cut and freeze them. Love the grocery store for doing that
Morph not noticing the merchant's pet rat in a jar is very Morph 😄
If it's about Baba Yaga and Slavic folklore, then the game name reads Reká(stress falls on A), E reads like in the word "get" soft and short. Basically Reka means "River" in Russian or maybe other Slavic languages too. But I'm Russian and I'm only aware about my language alas
The house on chicken legs reminds me of Howls Moving Castle
Ive been following this games development for a while, exciting they’re doing play tests now! love to see more content about it!
Indy folklore is my favorite gaming genre. The artwork is beautiful. Imagine a house on a chicken. I added it to my Steam wishlist. Thank you for the introduction.
You make me belly laugh sometimes, love your stream of thought 😂
My first time ever seeing this channel and I think I'm in love. How about this; I'll get some land, sheep, cats, dogs and chickens and Morph can have his geese and whatnots. I already have a friendly raven living in my backyard so he's obviously moving with me. But on a real note, Morph you seem like an awesome guy. Keep up the good work!
The baba jaga lore of her servants are mostly necromancers, black magic dabblers, and thieves
Theres even a Russian lore in the style of Cinderella. But instead of the wicked mother and step sisters being cast out. The character that would be Cinderella kindly helps baba jaga and follows her instructions. She's given a token of gratitude that from what I remember baba jaga was going to use to take the soul of the Cinderella character but instead is instructed to give to her step mother and sisters because baba jaga like the little girl and burned the stepmother and sisters instead. I could be getting things a little off with this lore but the video on it is under the channel extra credit
It was so funny seeing a man playing as a witch, I appreciated your humor and the game seems actually interesting!
omfg every time im in the mood for cozy game I always come here. so happy you exist. I love to forget about you and then binge myself to sleep x.x and then i rewatch later until I stay awake through the entire thing
I can’t wait to play this game for myself, I love Slavic folklore! For anyone that’s interested in this type of stuff, I recommend checking out the Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden. They are amazing books and what got me into Slavic folklore to begin with!
his old lady voice sounds exactly like winnie the pooh LOL
There's a deep comparison to be made between witches and odd-shaped fruit. Also, here from the notice on D2S, and very cool.
35:41 I listen to your game play while I work with my earbuds in, and I’m just going to go ahead and say that I’m constantly chuckling to what seems like to myself while I’m sort of, kind of, not committed to concentrating on my task. I’ve never been this entertained this thoroughly before. Well, besides the lawyer I work with here on TH-cam. Her sass makes me laugh 😅 But your good natured jests is very giving to me in a light and calming way. Idk if that makes sense. And I’m mostly just saying this to get it out because I know it’s well past comment reading hour, as this video is weeks old 😂 Hello to the person who might, probably not, be reading this.
Hello! I watch these and other videos while I crochet or knit a lot, and I always read through the comments to get the vibe of a video or additional information. I'm glad you get along with your coworker. Morph is very calming, and seems like a cool person.
I think MadMorph would do a sick Gingerbreadman impression
It's true
So excited for you to play this 💕
Thanks for the support! :D Much appreciated Puddin
This girl has a bunch of shadow crows as her familiars and she knows how to control them. I feel like she is well aware of her own nature. 😅
“I thought I was being bullied” 😂
Wow. Barely two minutes in and I’m already hooked by the humor. Also think you gained a new subscriber! 😊
I've literally been following this game on Steam for months. I am so excited to watch and for its upcoming release!
Baba Yaga with Winnie the Pooh voice, lol
Reminds me of the Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden - a fairy tale based on Russian folklore set in the middle ages. Beautifully written and can highly recommend the Audible version because the narration by Kathleen Gati is wonderful.
Omg!! I’ve been keeping an eye on this game and am so excited to see your channel covering it. I am so happy rn
Telling old people they "used to be" beautiful had me cackling at my desk. Just the delivery...so true though. Love your voices! Really enjoyed this one.
This feels like such a love letter to the indie horror favorite The Path from like 2009 or 2011? The developers were Swedish and this has suchhhh a Scandinavian energy to it I can’t help but think it’s supposed to be a love letter to The Path
It's not Scandinavian. It's Eastern Europe
OMG im getting howls moving castle vibes!! Happy😊
I want angora rabbits, merino sheep, and cashmere goats to make a lovely blend of wool... Oh, and chickens!
Your comments about wanting the goats but not wanting to live in the country made me think of another TH-cam channel I know where they literally live in a city (I forget which one but I think it’s in Arizona) and they have milk goats, chickens, and geese! So hang onto that dream! It’s possible!!
this is the first video i've seen from you and your calm voice immediately got me hooked
32:22 Those birds are pretty big, so I think they're ravens. Ravens tend to be bigger than crows. Though they seem to be missing the hooked beak, so it could go either way.
I participated in a playtest for this game and was so intrigued! The premise and aesthetic had my attention immediately, that bird-leg cabin instantly caught my attention looking like concept art from the first Alan Wake, and this being a new perspective of Baba Yaga than I’d seen made it really interesting! Also, who doesn’t enjoy some spooky witchy vibes? 💜
This was a pleasant playthrough.
Thank you! You have a wonderful soothing voice and some of the voices you do for the characters are quite endearing and cute.
I am obsessed with! Loved the narrator lol could watch this forever!
I absolutely am going to play this one and will watch if you play it. Very much enjoyed the demo myself. I understand if you skip past when you do play the ful game, but I will say that you missed at least a couple notable things I found.
Specifically a cat you can take with you and a mirror that allows you to customize appearance again, including changing your clothes. And apparently it's possible to find the missing man mentioned near the beginning, though I haven't managed it, so I don't know what that gets you. Of course, those might change by full release anyway, so.
(edited to put potential spoilers below the cut)
I am looking forward to see you play this game. This artstyle is gorgeaus.
And if I saw anymone make a raven (or crow) appear to sit on their hand - or arm - just like that, I'd ask them to teach me their ways.
I love those birds, they are so clever.
killed it with the "fu, fu!". love when you voice people in different ways
Your old witch voice acting is on another level :D dang
This art direction is unreal
The animations, the dynamic quest rewards, the writing
The first 20 minutes looks better than 90% of triple A drivel today
4:03 that entire monologue is sooo freaking relatable!!!!
I waited for this game to come out over 1and a half years ago 😭
Finally it's here and I'm so happy to see you playing it. I so hope its great.
PLEASE read folk lore on the podcast. Definitely something I want to listen to!
In the first house you called it a kiln. It's just the stove for heating. The kind I'm used to are cast iron but in Germanic and I guess this is Slavic places you see these wonderful giant clay stoves with decorations and colors baked in.
1:01:00 when you play minecraft so much that you can speak perfect villager... HURHH.. HUR-HUH :P
I really REALLY hope you play this game when the full release is out, its so very ASMR and darkly cozy.
15:18 this whole monologue had me laughing my ass off... not dunked in the water lmao
Oh my gosh this game looks so good, hope its great, its literally looks like everything i want in a game!! Been so lost since hogwarts legacy
We have the same goals and wishes haha I also want to live on a lot of land, but still have good internet, and also not be too far from the grocery store and at the same time have land for animals. I actually found this place about 30ish - 40ish minutes away from where I currently live. 5 acres, a little house... and its only 170k I live in california... This is RARE which tells me it must be extremely haunted or something. I look at the listing every day and just dream.
There are a bunch of types of pumpkins that aren't orange. White is a really common color for them.
Yes Mad please play this game when available!!!
I love the concept of all this! I do hope that by release they work on textures, some of them look a bit flat and rough - but neat all the same~
you have the most wonderful voice! I also am enjoying very much that you're doing different voices for this game!
So cute! Yes I hope you do get the chance to play the full game it looks so good! ❤
Gosh I enjoy your voice acting so so much!
You’re literally me: a Leo who wants cats and a mini farm and no kids. We’ll achieve our dreams one day!
Please play the full game! Loving this
What a lovely voice for narration!
4:03 this mans speakin facts!
I have multiple Things to say:
This game look so cute omg
Having a pet Raven would absolutely Rock they are so gorgeous and pretty tall so i think those are Crows
And I don't know if i said it before but you have such a amazing Voice, so relaxing.
Have a great Day :)💐
Sign up? Thousand times yes! Love stories about her. My husband is running a DnD campaign in which we're looking for one of her daughters - pretty epic!
31:24 stop 😂 It’s so true
ooo i like!! what a soothing voice as well!! I just subbed because this game is TOTALLY up my alley! First vid of yours I've come across as well. WELL DONE editing!
21:29 “bless you” 😂
very much looking forward to a full playthrough!
I'm so excited for this game, and I love your play style! I'll definitely be subscribing and waiting for more Reka uploads 🐓
Just found your channel and gotta say I like your voice! Its very relaxing.
Also I am so excited for this game😯 have had on my Steam wishlist for awhile now and I can't wait to play it myself on full release😁. Thanks for the nice sneak peek!
In love with this premise and so excited to play!
2024 real MadMorph voice reveal. Nice. XD
This looks like a cozy game, indeed. Just added it to Follow on steam. Think I heard about it some time ago but had forgotten about it til now. :)
'N I was thinkin about that the other day when we were at a store; how all the fruits and vegetables look 'perfect' but elsewhere they may sell others that aren't 'nicely shaped' at a discount; like they're still good but don't look nice. Dunno if there's any little stores around here like that, though. Or then ofc they may toss them because people won't buy them...
Can't wait for the full game to be released! 😍
My guy should be a narrator in a dnd game
"Is it to much to ask to have some land where I can have [a few cute animals to care for]?" - a millenial's and zoomer's mourning song about not existing opportunities.
That is literally my best friends dream! Her family and I so want to buy a plot of land, build a couple cabins and just farm and raise our own animals so badly! It'd be a lot of work, but so peaceful I think!
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL AND YOUR CONTENT. I saw some of your videos on tiktok
Its quite a beautiful game.
We have a special crosswalk by our local swan and duck pond. Generations of ducks and swans have crossed it. Seagulls are not allowed to be harmed here either as they are the Queen's bird,( yup Queen Elizabeth liked seagulls i suppose). We have a lot of old areas and theres one that is supposedly haunted and a witch lives there.
But as i know because of my ancestry witches were mainly healers using natural ingredients and herbs for syrups,rubs,poltices, foods,etc. Knowing weather changes coming. Different things.
There was one man who was accused of witchcraft during the salem witch trials. He was pressed to death. Think of it like a giant stone sandwich😮. It is very interesting to read about.