The Russian maiden Vassalisa meets the crone Baba Yaga and grapples with two mothers, and all of this is a big challenge. It’s all about the complications of the maiden-mother-crone deities. In many fairytales, we see three colors, black, red and white. These three colors represent the crone, the mother and the maiden . The crone is represented by black - black equals death; the mother is represented by red - red equals blood and birth; the maiden is represented by white - white equals youth, innocence and blooming. Whatever gender you identify as - it doesn’t matter - we will all go through our maiden-mother-crone cycle and each one of them is rough. If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.
