Here is a new video I've just made entitled "Vassilissa the Beautiful: A Russian Folk-Tale for Us Today."
Growing up, I loved the Russian Folk-Tales (or Fairy Tales, as my book of Russian Folk-Tales called them).
Today, I would like to read the story of Vassilissa (sometimes spelled Vasilisa or Vasilissa) and add some commentary on the ancient wisdom preserved in this tale.
You can find an older version of this same story beginning on page 109 of this collection of Russian Folk-Tales published in 1915 and reprinted in 1916.
