Vasilisa the Beautiful

Russian folktale · c. 1855 CE · Folktale · Russian · Victorian

A merchant's daughter is sent by her stepmother to fetch fire from Baba Yaga, an errand meant to kill her. She survives the witch's impossible tasks with the help of a doll her dying mother left her. The blessing does what cleverness alone cannot.

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Lineage

• contained in ↑ Russian Fairy Tales
  Alexander Afanasyev · c. 1855 CE · Folktale
• shares sources with ↑ Children's and Household Tales
  Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · c. 1812 CE · Folktale

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Closest analogues

• Russian Fairy Tales
  Alexander Afanasyev · c. 1855 CE · Folktale

  55% · 19 shared
  FolktaleFantasyComing of AgeGood vs EvilVictorianInnocentHeroineThe Great MotherSorceressHero's JourneyRags to RichesFireTalisman / CharmThe Forestvs Supernaturalvs PersonMythicGothicRussian
• Children's and Household Tales
  Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm · c. 1812 CE · Folktale

  51% · 16 shared
  FolktaleFantasyComing-of-AgeComing of AgeGood vs EvilLoss of InnocenceInnocentHeroineSorceressHero's JourneyRags to RichesThe Forestvs Supernaturalvs PersonMythicGothic
• The Lord of the Rings
  J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954 CE · Novel

  41% · 12 shared
  FantasyGood vs EvilLoss of InnocenceHero's JourneyCall to AdventureSupernatural AidRoad of TrialsReturn with the ElixirFreedomTalisman / Charmvs SupernaturalMythic
• Spirited Away
  Hayao Miyazaki · 2001 CE · Film

  33% · 10 shared
  FantasyComing-of-AgeComing of AgeHero's JourneySupernatural AidRoad of TrialsReturn with the ElixirRoad of Trialsvs SupernaturalMythic
• Star Wars: A New Hope
  George Lucas · 1977 CE · Film

  32% · 10 shared
  Coming of AgeGood vs EvilHero's JourneyCall to AdventureSupernatural AidRoad of TrialsFreedomvs Supernaturalvs PersonMythic
• The Faerie Queene
  Edmund Spenser · 1590 CE · Poem

  32% · 10 shared
  FantasyGood vs EvilHeroineSorceressCall to AdventureRoad of TrialsThe Forestvs Supernaturalvs PersonMythic