Babaika biography

Anastasia Glebova But if in the case of the New Year's wizard you can easily give his detailed description and recall several facts from the biography, then things are more difficult with the woman. Who is a woman? And for what purpose they scare children? Photo: Pixabay. However, finding an accurate and canonical description of the character is almost impossible. Since in the Tatar language the word “woman” means “grandfather”, most often the woman appears in the image of a shaggy old man with any injuries: without an eye, a curve, hunchbacked, toothless, lame.

He has a staff or stick with him, as well as a bag where Babai hides naughty children. Photo: Freepik. He may have a tail or horns by analogy with evil spirits. The truth is that for each child the woman looks different. In accordance with his fears and the level of development of fantasy, the baby himself speculates the details of the image, gives the creature of superpower, attributes and characteristics of behavior.

Often parents say that the woman lives under the bed - so that the child does not get up from her, lay motionless and thus fall asleep faster. Dalya, the word "woman" is defined as "grandfather, grandfather, old man; Sometimes in the meaning of children's scarecrow. ” In some Turkic languages, this word is called a monster who scares children. In this case, this, of course, is about a man.

However, the same distance indicates the existence of the form “Babaika” - that is, the “old woman”. There is also a legend that a woman is a woman yoga, she is also a yogi, a pagan goddess who protected children, especially orphans. And in this case, the call of Babike does not look like an act of intimidation, but as the appeal of parents for help to good force in order to reassure and reason the kids.

However, this version is the least popular. In general consciousness, Babaik remains one of the main children's scarecrow. Photo: Webtekno. Since the Mongol-Tatars were perceived by the Slavic population as enemies and non-Christ, they could intimidate naughty children. In addition, Dani's collectors for the Horde usually appointed elderly soldiers - the elderly, who often had injuries and injuries and were unsuitable for battle.

The old gentleman turned to them "Babai-Aga". It is believed that, in addition to Dani, they could take boys with them to grow warriors from them. And in this case, the version of intimidation “you will not obey - we will give you a woman” seems quite logical. Photo: Pexels. The same protection mechanism that children use is working here when, when clarifying the relationship, the arguments are given: “But my dad will come and ask you.

But I will call my brother, he is my boxer. ” That is, they begin to measure not on their own and achievements, but by the achievements of other adults. Involving a woman or another monster in the conflict, the parent, as it were, transfers responsibility to him, gives him the right to resolve the situation with the child’s disobedience: “You will not sleep, the woman will come and take you.” Children with their rich fantasy themselves will think of what they are afraid of: someone will reward Babayka with fangs, someone-thick wool or a long tail.

In a word, they themselves will create the most terrible monster in their head. However, in the long run, such “pedagogical techniques” worsen relations between a child and adults, undermine confidence. When the third figure appears in the relationship between you and your baby, he automatically remains alone in the position of confrontation and the adult, and some other terrible incomprehensible creature with superpower.

Therefore, the only true tactic here is to stand with the child shoulder to the shoulder before the problem, look at it together and try to solve together. Even if this is a problem with behavior, you can always try to find the cause and eliminate it, agree. This does not mean that you need to follow the reason and allow everything, but it is still important to let the child feel that you are near, on his side, no matter what happens.