I think they went native and started venerating the spirits of the ancestors, which were in fact the demonic spirits of the giants destroyed in the flood.

I want to tell you something.

Right now I'm doing some research for book nine of the Red Wing Saga.

And I have a scene where someone is telling Russian folklore and something that he's particularly afraid of.

So I've been doing research on an ancient witch type of character called Baba Yaga.

Hmm.

There is one of the stories told about Baba Yaga of an innocent young girl who is orphaned.

I think