The Witcher Mythology. From Geralt and Yennefer to the Wild Hunt and the Conjunction of the Spheres

Exciting adventures, blood-curdling battles with the spawn of Chaos, love experiences, humor… The images of "The Witcher" have captured the hearts of several generations and have firmly established themselves in popular culture.
The saga of the witcher is an amazing literary... experiment: a bright and dark plot is combined here with a postmodern play, and references to chivalric epic are mixed with modern issues such as racism and xenophobia. It is not just an engaging story — although it is that too — but a deep reflection on whether there is room for freedom and nobility in a cruel and pragmatic world. 
Viktor Kashkevich offers a unique excursion into the universe of "The Witcher" with its history, internal mythology, monsters, races, and gods. But not only: his book is also an analysis of cultural references, reflections on the symbolism of the heroes, and an attempt to "uncover" the artistic method of Andrzej Sapkowski.
Who, then, are witchers, and what traits of epic heroes converge in the image of Geralt? Which countries became prototypes for Nilfgaard, Kovir, or Toussaint? How do Sapkowski's elves resemble Polish nationalists, and how does the Wild Hunt differ in the books and games of CD Project Red? Get ready to find out all this — and even more.