Viy. The Lord of Evil in Slavic mythology

The one whose gaze turns the flesh into a stone, kills all living things, makes the earth burn and freeze the time itself. The one who was afraid, but honor. The one who never forgot the memory of the people, despite the past centuries. Wii, whose name and image saved us the talent of N.V. Gogol. We know him under other names, of which by hearing - Kasyan and Koschey, damn and ... Chernobog. Wii folk legends is an ancient deity from the pantheon of our ancestors, formidable and eternal. The Dark God closed his eyes, hovering his mortal look, and this became one of the distinguishing features of his image, known to us as Vii. The myths, representations and beliefs associated with it are discussed in detail and on the widest material in this book. Here, the reader will be able to find unexpected answers to the question of who the mysterious characters of folk tales are the old man-hone and boy