This book includes beliefs and tales of the Gypsies, collected by Nikolai Albertovich Kun (1877 - 1940) - writer, historian and teacher, author of the books “Legends and Myths of Ancient Greece”, “Tales of the Peoples of Africa”. “Tales of the Gypsies” are being republished for the first time since 1922. The collection immerses you in fascinating gypsy folklore, where beautiful keshalias - the daughters of the king of fogs - sit on the tops of mountains and captivate passing travelers with their gaze. Golden-haired Urmas also live there - magical fairies; during the day they dance and frolic in their palaces, and at night they descend from the mountains to determine the fate of newborns. At the bottom of deep rivers hide the evil Niwashes - watermen with fiery red hair, a long beard and horse hooves.