Japanese crossword «Hut on chicken legs»
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Really? I have a great idea for a puzzle. 35 x 35 grid, with one black dot at 18, 18. Call it "Pixel"
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Sounds like the voice of experience: each puzzle is computer-tested to assure it has a solution and only one solution: a real challenge for the artists! A blacked-in puzzle with a white dot in the middle would pass the computer, but probably get voted into oblivion (I hope)!! :-)
replyFun, but I'm still puzzled. I'm assuming that there is a cultural significance that I'm not yet aware of but thankfully, the nonogram community will soon educate me.
replyFunny! Yes, there is a Russian fable of a witch called Baba Yaga - she sometimes turns into a hut with chicken legs. (Weird, ha!)
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As I recall, Baba Yaga is a bad witch. The fact that she can move her house wherever she wants adds power and terror to her resumé. Very Grimm! ;)
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Thank you, Tatyana! I *thought* she was in her house when it went running around. Please be patient with us. :)
reply https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga - who knew! Baba Haga is also referenced in Howl's Moving Castle, in the film version by studio Ghibli, but I hadn't spotted the reference to the castle in the film until now (the castle is on chicken legs)
replyI love it. And while I think it's really cool that this has its background in folklore, I still wouldn't complain if it were just a random hut with chicken legs. Sometimes random silly stuff is fun.
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Yaga usually flies in her stupa
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That's because you live in a digital world, dear Robot.
replyI love this crossword. So well designed!
According to Wikipedia:
--"Baba Yaga flies around in a mortar, wields a pestle, and dwells deep in the forest in a hut usually described as standing on chicken legs".
--Baba Yaga may be a villain or may set a test for the hero and provide magical assistance when the hero succeeds.
--In one story Baba Yaga sends the hero to her sister, Baba Yaga #2, who sends the hero to her other sister, Baba Yaga #3. Yaga #2 tells him how to save himself from being eaten by Baba Yaga #3 (so is *that* what the mortar and pestle are for?). When he follows #2's instructions, #3 is attacked by a flock of birds and a firebird carries the hero away.
replyAccording to Wikipedia:
--"Baba Yaga flies around in a mortar, wields a pestle, and dwells deep in the forest in a hut usually described as standing on chicken legs".
--Baba Yaga may be a villain or may set a test for the hero and provide magical assistance when the hero succeeds.
--In one story Baba Yaga sends the hero to her sister, Baba Yaga #2, who sends the hero to her other sister, Baba Yaga #3. Yaga #2 tells him how to save himself from being eaten by Baba Yaga #3 (so is *that* what the mortar and pestle are for?). When he follows #2's instructions, #3 is attacked by a flock of birds and a firebird carries the hero away.
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Wikipedia says that the first written mention of Baba Yaga is in a Russian grammar in 1770, where she is identified as a member of pre-Russia's ancient pantheon of gods.
Was Baba Yaga originally a goddess who ruled in Eurasia before Russia was born? Google Scholar led me to this history book: *Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Kālī, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte* by Małgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba, 2015. [Excerpts available if you Google it.]
replyWas Baba Yaga originally a goddess who ruled in Eurasia before Russia was born? Google Scholar led me to this history book: *Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Kālī, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte* by Małgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba, 2015. [Excerpts available if you Google it.]