The book contains Russian translations of early records of myths and legends of the Indians of Central Mexico: "Legends of the Suns" in 1556, excerpts from the "Chronicle of Cuautitlan" in 1563, "General History of Events in New Spain" by B. de Sahagun (1547-75), "Messages" by F. de Alva Yves stilschochitl (c. 1609), "Indian Monarchy" by H. de Torquemada (1615). The cited texts set forth the original ideas of the Nahua peoples, the creators of the pre-Columbian civilization of Central Mexico, about the creation of the world and man, the change of world eras, as well as information about the semi-legendary Toltecs that dominated Central Mexico in the VIII-XII centuries.