To be more specific, the legend says she did the bird thing after a prolonged siege against the capital city of that tribe (drevlians), that was also on the territory of modern Ukraine. We had sort of a collection of city states with princes at the head fighting among each other for quite a bit.
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AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Just be like that one ruler who just requested one bird from each house, alive, only to tie some sort of flammable sack tied to their legs and set it on fire before letting them free.
I wanna say it was a Bulgarian ruler. Gonna have to fact check this, so BRB!
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 6 days ago
Emi@ani.social 6 days ago
SamOnellaAcademy had good video including her.
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
This is the only reason I knew of her existence.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
A strong Ukrainian woman!
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 6 days ago
She had a fiery temper, so they say