«Tini zabutych predkiv» — tse istoriya kochannya dvoch naschadkiv vorozhych rodyn, takych sobi ukrayins′kych Romeo i Dzhul′yetty — Ivana y Marichky, scho rozhortayet′sya posered karpats′kych hir. Vlasne sami Karpaty u ts′omu teksti vystupayut′ nenache okremym personazhem, perepovnenym lehendamy ta duchamy. Kotsyubyns′kyy nadzvychayno vidpovidal′no postavyvsya do vidtvorennya svitu hutsul′s′kych viruvan′ i tradytsiy. Vin doslidzhuvav pobut i hovirky hutsul′s′kych sil, ukladav slovnychky, shukav mistsevi kvity y travy, chodyv na vesillya ta inshi tradytsiyni rytualy. Use tse, aby maksymal′no dostovirno peredaty atmosferu toho kutochka svitu. CHuhayster, scheznyk, mavka i mol′fary, yaki zaklykayut′ nehodu. A poryad z tsym kochannya, vazhkyy vybir mizh lyubovʼyu nebesnoyu ta lyubovʼyu zemnoyu. Vyhadane i spravzhnye, yazychnyts′ke ta chrystyyans′ke, use splitayet′sya v odnu istoriyu, de duchy pravlyat′ lyudynoyu, lyudyna — duchamy, a sama real′nist′ staye chastynoyu mifu.