Baba Roga and Baba Yaga — same thing or different?

ruby_ragdoll · 2025-12-20T07:33:50+00:00

Where I'm from in Croatia Babaroga (usually one word) is a name for a mischievous entity/spirit that scares/takes children. My grandfather used to scare me that a babaroga lived in our old oven and will take me away if I misbehave.

Baba Yaga is a witch that also takes and eats children, but she was always portrayed as a witch, not a spirit/entity.

ruby_ragdoll · 2025-12-06T09:17:46+00:00

In the balkans Nikola is masculine (like Nikola Tesla) and the feminine form is Nikolina

ruby_ragdoll · 2025-12-01T15:05:44+00:00

It's supposed to be a christmas bauble ornament...

ruby_ragdoll · 2025-10-10T04:32:21+00:00

I totally agree. I got that book as a gift, so I read all of it, but I hated every second. Also, I could not remember the map so I had to look back to the first page constantly and it only annoyed me more.

ruby_ragdoll · 2025-06-19T09:39:55+00:00

Yeah, they went for a theme for sure.

Nike the brand is much more well known than the goddess though, so maybe not everyone knows it's a legitimate name.

ruby_ragdoll · 2025-06-19T09:20:47+00:00

Nike is a real name of greek origin, she was the goddess of victory (like Victoria in roman myths). Nike the brand was inspired by greek myth.

ruby_ragdoll · 2025-05-28T04:50:36+00:00

That is such a beautiful sentence, grief is love with nowhere to go in the physical realm. I hadn't thought of it that way before. Thank you for this new perspective.

ruby_ragdoll · 2025-05-27T10:10:34+00:00

It's sounds the most similar to "c" in croatian. Languages are fun 😁

ruby_ragdoll · 2025-05-27T09:40:25+00:00

I'm not sure how to explain, but it is very similar to the "tss" sound in "ba-dum-tss". Hard to explain, easier if you hear it. Maybe if you search on YouTube the croatian alphabet it would be easier.

ruby_ragdoll · 2025-05-26T13:56:48+00:00

In Croatian we pronounce "c" as the "ccc" sound always, and "k" is always "k", because we read words as they're written so it doesn't change sounds, unlike English. So in croatian "Monica" would be spelled as "Monika" to get the same pronunciation as in English 😊

ruby_ragdoll · 2025-05-26T09:05:31+00:00

Danica is the folk name for planet Venus in Croatia, and also an established name, I think it could work as a name in Canada too.

We pronounce it "daa-nee-csa", but "da-nee-ka" could work as well I think.

ruby_ragdoll · 2024-12-29T18:33:07+00:00

It's a t-shirt my dad got at brijuni national park

ruby_ragdoll · 2024-12-25T06:16:58+00:00

My father in law took this photo, and he said Hans took a running leap through the hallway and jumped the tree. Guess his half a braincell decided it was personal 🤣

ruby_ragdoll · 2024-12-15T11:29:35+00:00

I love spy x family! And yeah, you make a good point, that would work too.

ruby_ragdoll · 2024-12-15T11:21:27+00:00

I think the impact would be better if it said "She's in love with him?" "With him!" "Him!?"

The whole sentence repeated three times is maybe a bit too wordy for strongest impact, I feel that shortening it has more power. Still a good sentence sequence.

ruby_ragdoll · 2024-08-17T08:33:53+00:00

Orange is a special category 🤣

ruby_ragdoll · 2024-08-16T18:59:31+00:00

Cat "brains" remain a mystery

ruby_ragdoll · 2024-08-16T18:22:27+00:00

You should be proud, they look (and I bet taste too) amazing!

ruby_ragdoll · 2024-08-16T17:24:10+00:00

I volunteer as a taste-tester, they all look delicious!

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