Vasilisa the Beautiful

In the Russian fairytale 'Vasilisa the Beautiful,' Vasilisa is sent by her cruel stepmother into the forest to obtain fire from the witch Baba Yaga. She found a house with chicken legs surrounded by a fence made of human bones.

'Vasilisa at the Hut of Baba Yaga' - Ivan Bilibin.

Soon after Baba Yaga arrived, flying in her mortar and pestle. Baba Yaga set Vasilisa a series of seemingly impossible tasks which she was only able to complete with the help of a magic doll that her mother had left her when she died.

'Vasilisa the Beautiful at the Hut of Baba Yaga' - Lily Seika Jones.

Baba Yaga was impressed and agreed to help her. Vasilisa then returned home with the fire and once there it burnt her stepmother and stepsisters to ashes.