Legend about the lake "Marіcheyka"

There is an interesting legend about picturesque the mountain lake Maricheyka that on the massif Chornohora in the Ukrainian Carpathians. And there was all this as the legend narrates, in an extreme antiquity. Once black carrion crows angry foes on the green and blossoming Carpathian region flew. They destroyed villages, lost the people and who escaped, escaping, went far to mountains. But enemies learned that Huzuls disappear somewhere in the dense woods, and moved a horde after them.

Maricheyka, the young wife of the shepherd Ivan, saw enemies and persuaded the husband to go and warn people. But enemies found Maricheyka and ordered to conduct to Huzuls. And the courageous woman brought them in such wild and solitudes from where and not to be chosen. Enemies became angry snatched on it. The earth began to tremble, terrible wind blew, burst a thunder... Also stones flew up into the sky, mountains moved and the lake was formed. Enemies also found the death in it. Since then the wood in honor of brave girls began to call Maiden, and the lake - Maricheyki.


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Legend of a mudflow "Long" Zakarpatye

The village Long is located in 28 km from Irshava, on river banks of Borzhava. First written mentions of the settlement of Gossumezo (угорс. Hosszúmez ő) belong before 1383. This name is translated from Ukrainian as "the Long Field" or Dolgopola. On a legend, such name is connected with a name of the local hero Dovgai.



Very long time ago the settlement was attacked by Tatars, plundered and killed people. Subsequently in the village the strong and bystry guy by the name of Dovgay grew up. Once during the Tatar attack of Dovgay began to throw into enemies of a tree as stones. Enemies were surprised with force of Dovgai, decided to receive a victory cunning and offered fight with the Tatar Kyzyl. Conditions of fight were such: if the victory is won by Dovgay - that enemies never to attack the village and if the Tatar wins - all this peasants will give in without a fight. The victory in fight was won by Dovgay, and the lost Kyzyl was spread on the earth. Birds carried a body on the mountains and there bushes with red-brown fruits of a cornel appeared. Here so, in the territory of Dovgy, Priborzhavsky and Lisichev the cornel grows. Peasants are grateful for a victory Dovgai granted the right to accept lands so much how many it will be able to bypass in a day. The young man climbed down a mountain the Mumps and in a day a run rather big territory and lodged on the plain. Subsequently still people who founded the village in the valley of the river Borzhava came from mountains. And the village began to call in honor of Dovgai - Long.


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Legend of the name of the city of Mukachevo

Once long ago, on the place where the Transcarpathian city of Mukachevo was located, the foreign prince lodged with the army. On the picturesque plain of the Danube valley, among mountains, he ordered to construct unapproachable the lock fortress.

Construction of the lock was difficult and continuous, people hard worked that to construct it. They had to carry carts and hands to carry the earth to fill the high mountain for a fortress construction. The prince was very tough to people who worked over construction. Thousand days filled the castle mountain until it reached the necessary height which the prince wanted. And then at top of the mountain constructed the lock - strong, unapproachable fortress. All this costed to people many tears, bloody sweat, heavy sufferings and torments. Therefore people called the city of Mukachevo.

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