Since the Middle Ages, thousands of images of the gospel scene have reached us, where three magi bring gifts to the newborn Jesus. Among the ivory reliefs, book miniatures, mosaics, frescoes, altar panels and stained glass windows, one image that has long intrigued historians stands out - the triptych "Adoration of the Magi," written by Jerome Bosch. It has many iconographic "anomalies." What kind of bearded man stands in the door of the hut? His red cloak is draped over his naked body, a turban entwined with thorns on his head, and his ankle is enclosed in a glass vessel through which a bleeding wound can be seen. Why are sirens and fish written on the robes of a black magician and his servants, devouring each other? In the West, the three "kings" who came to Bethlehem were revered as saints, and these details do not fit well with righteousness. To decipher Bosch's message, medievalist historian Michael Maizuls turns to medieval demonology, anti-Jewish polemics, astrological theories, and apocalyptic myths about recent times and the Antichrist.