The book of A.I. Asov contains and sets out the legends about the gods and ancestors of the Slavs. A complete set of sources on the Vedic and pagan culture of the ancient Slavs is given. The book contains unique illustrations. The appendix publishes "Songs of Gamayun," which is a set of legends about the Birth of the World, about the mountain gods: Svarog, Perun and Veles, as well as about the most revered spirits of the elements and patrons of Russia: Finist and Lela, Kostroma and Kupala, Morozko and Snow Maiden and others.