In this fascinating book by Metropolitan Hilarion (Ohienka), he explores ancient Ukrainian traditional beliefs that Christian priests often encountered. And although he considers all this through the prism of his religious worldview, his love for his people compels him to study the beliefs of his ancestors with kindness and interest. The author carefully describes pre-Christian beliefs, Slavic mythology, the main pre-Christian gods, Ukrainian demonology, witchcraft and beliefs, human life in rites and beliefs, death, funeral and afterlife, ancient folk holidays, belief in luck and social life our ancient ancestors. Ivan Ohienko is a historian and writer, linguist, publisher, teacher, public, political and church figure. He defended the idea of political independence of the state and reliance on its own forces in solving its internal problems. Dualism is inherent in his state-building concept, which was manifested in the recognition that Ukrainian statehood can only take place on the basis of close cooperation between the people and the national elite. He made a significant contribution to the development of archival affairs of Ukraine, as a source scholar introduced a large number of valuable historical monuments into scientific circulation, including Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian, Moldovan, Polish, Slovak, Czech, Greek, etc.
