This book contains Russian folk tales and classical texts of world literature, in which the main characters are mysterious and scary, kind and insidious supernatural creatures - from the firebird and the cat Bayun to the indrik and manticore. Folklore and mythical subjects are revealed in a new way thanks to the comments of the candidate of philological sciences Varvara Dobrovolskaya, and the mesmerizing illustrations of the artist Ana Nagrani immerse texts full of mysticism and magic in the atmosphere.