The book contains the heroes of myths and legends of Ancient Russia. Alkonost and Perun, Leshy and Kikimora, Bayun the Cat and Brownie have been neighbors with people since ancient times. The life of restless spirits was closely connected with the life of man. Sometimes they helped in business, and sometimes they harmed, played pranks. The most popular myths of the Russian people were collected by the famous folklorist Georgy Markovich Naumenko, and the modern artist Ivan Antonovich Tsygankov drew illustrations for them.