About the book: 2008 / Unhurried and wise, kind and cozy legends about Mother Volga and her brother the Dnieper, about native springs with living water and about saints mountains of Kitezh, about how God created the Russian Land, about the dawn and frequent stars, about the treasured treasures of Stenka Razin and the hidden caves under Zhiguli... For almost two centuries now, the devotees of Russian culture M. N. Makarov and I. P. Sakharov; their work was worthily continued by M. Yu. Zabylin, P. I. Melnikov-Pechersky, S. V. Maksimov, A. N. Afanasyev... The book you are holding in your hands was compiled on the basis of classical folklore collections; many legends are taken from rare publications and ancient magazines. Truly immortal are these pearls of Russian literature, collected by a careful hand, and the wonderful fern flower in the Berendey Forest will never fade.