A book with incredibly beautiful illustrations for anyone fascinated by magical creatures and all things mysterious.
You will learn about the most popular mythical creatures from around the world, hear stories and legends about them, and even be able to imagine them! Who brought fairy tales into the world? How to defeat the most terrible basilisk? What kind of dragon sits on the spire of Kazan Station in Moscow? Where can you meet a yeti?
This amazing atlas will give you an idea of what people living on different continents believed in. The book contains the most famous fairy tales of the world.
Detailed and bright illustrations will transport you to the world of myths, legends and magic, they will help you imagine what each creature looked like.
Read with your children, look, imagine and be amazed.
Who is this book for?
For children from 8 years old.
For adults who are interested in mythology.
For everyone who loves beautiful books.
Quotes from the book
The world of myths and legends
Mythical creatures can be frightening and dangerous (for example, the half-snake, half-elephant Grootslang) or kind helpers (like the tanuki yokai, which turns into a teapot). With the help of myths and legends, people tried to explain how the world works: for example, thunder is caused by the Thunderbird, flapping its huge wings, and fairy tales were brought to people by the spider Anansi.
Cat Goddess
Bastet is one of the favorite goddesses in Ancient Egypt. She appears as a cat or a woman with a cat's head. Like a real cat, Bastet can be calm and affectionate, but at any second she is ready to show her fangs and claws, especially if her kittens are in danger.
Terrible Medusa
In the east, on a distant rocky island, lived terrible gorgons. One of them was called Medusa. Instead of hair, she had poisonous snakes on her head that constantly hissed and wriggled. The jellyfish was so terrifying that anyone who looked at it would instantly turn to stone.
The Fortune Teller
They say the Chimera lived in mountainous Lycia and terrorized the locals by burning down farms and entire villages with its fiery breath. Some people were lucky and survived the Chimera's attacks. However, they knew that the appearance of this monster foreshadowed something terrible, such as a volcanic eruption.
The Korean Fox
Korean legends feature the kumiho, a fox with nine tails. It also appears in Japanese and Chinese folklore, but the Korean kumiho is especially terrifying and bloodthirsty. If a fox lives to be a thousand years old, grows nine tails, and becomes a werewolf, it becomes a gumiho.
Mapinguari
They say that in the Amazon jungle there lives a shaggy, red-haired beast similar to a bear, and they call it the Mapinguari. It wanders through the jungle slowly and silently, despite its enormous size, so you wouldn't even hear it if it came up on you, but you would most likely recognize it by its scent. Its matted fur smells disgustingly of garlic, excrement, and rotten meat.
