* Fairy tales, which many generations of our country have been brought up on, have a special, distinctive feature. In each legend, the main character must go through a series of challenges on the way to his happiness. As a rule, this happiness, for him, is finding his family, protecting his Homeland. It is these foundations that are an important function of educating the younger generation. Through fairy tales, parents taught their children how important it is to create a strong union between two people who will support each other in any difficult situation. The huge pantheon of "evil spirits" is also worth paying attention to, nowhere else do such characters have such multifaceted characters. At first glance, Baba Yaga and Leshiy Brownie are negative characters, but if we look at them more deeply, they are teachers and guides who instill in people a caring attitude towards nature, animals, and the older generation.