Among the works of the Kazakh researcher of philology of the Kazakh language, folklore and mythology Serikbol Kondybai, this is the only book about Kazakh mythology in Russian. In it, the author briefly characterizes the basic principles of Kazakh mythology and in dictionary articles characterizes the main plots and heroes. The main direction of Serikball's research was mythology - for a number of objective and subjective reasons, one of the little-researched spheres of Kazakh culture.