Since the Middle Ages, thousands of images of the gospel scene have come down to us, where the three wise men bring gifts to the newborn Jesus. Among the ivory reliefs, book miniatures, mosaics, frescoes, altar panels and stained glass, one image stands out that has long intrigued historians - the Adoration of the Magi triptych, painted by Hieronymus Bosch. It contains many iconographic "anomalies". Who is this bearded man standing at the door of the hut? His red cloak is draped over his naked body, on his head is a turban entwined with thorns, and his ankle is encased in a glass vessel through which a bleeding wound can be seen. Why are sirens and fish devouring each other written on the clothes of the black sorcerer and his servant? In the West, the three “kings” who came to Bethlehem were revered as saints, and these details do not fit well with righteousness. To decipher Bosch's message, medievalist historian Mikhail Mayzuls turns to medieval demonology, anti-Jewish polemics, astrological theories and apocalyptic myths about the end times and the Antichrist.