In ancient times, there lived Ivan, the son of a peasant. Handyman. Any craft was subject to him - blacksmithing, carpentry, pottery, wood carving... And Ivan had a wife - Marya. It suits him. Craftswoman and artist. They lived but did not grieve, but they did not have children. And one day, Ivan and Marya, for fun, went out into the yard and made themselves a girl out of snow. Such masters even produced snow sculptures that were more alive than any living thing. And rumors about the snow daughter spread all over the world. The news of this creation also reached Mother Winter. And she came to see the miracle that everyone was hearing. And Marya begged Winter to breathe life into their snowy daughter. Mother Winter doubted, but complied with Marya’s request. And she put the heart of her sister, the cruel winter mistress Mary, into the chest of the snow girl. (The fairy tale is written based on Slavic myths about the Snow Maiden, Morozko, Baba Yaga)