"The book is an attempt to comprehend the extraordinarily rich and bright world of the Ukrainian pre-Christian mythology – folklore visions, customs and ceremonies, beliefs and superstitions, etc. This is an original glance at the spiritual culture of ancestors, their worldview, perception of the reality and mentality. The text is accompanied by the author's illustrations, information about prominent ethnographers of the past and a substantial bibliography.For a wide circle of readers, who aspire to conscious understanding of roots of history and culture of the people."
This publication is, in essence, an encyclopedic dictionary of the Ukrainian mythology. It starts with the articles "Abrakadabra", "Adam", "Alatyr", "Amin‘" ("Abracadabra", "Adam", "Alatyr", "Amen") – and ends with the articles "Yaryny den‘", "Yarmo", "Yarchuk", "Yashchir" ("Yaryna's Day", "Yoke", "Yarchuk", "Pangolin"). The following sections are included into annexes:
- Svarog's Circle. Zodiac calendar of ancient Ukrainians (by Galyna Lozko)
- The primordial root of the world tree of life. (Instead of the epilogue)
- Prominent ethnographers and folklore experts of the 19th – beginning of the 20th centuries.
- Bibliography
In Ukrainian.
Type of the edition: hard cover
Format: 198õ286 mm
Number of pages: 664, illustrations
Publisher: Lybid', Kyiv






















