Legend

Close to Toplița, at the confluence of the Szekeres and Voievodeasa creeks, there is a group of strange stones. A larger and flatter stone is surrounded by smaller stones, as if it was a table surrounded by chairs. The local tradition implies that robbers came here after a robbery to hide the stolen treasures, but also to plan the next action.

The locals have been given this mountain for the help they gave to the ruler's widow when she moved from the area.

A fairy called Tarkő lived on the rocks that dominate Bălan village. She had two girls, Maros / Mureș - and Olt. The two girls wanted to visit their father exiled at the Black Sea. For this purpose, their mother turned them into flowing waters, but the two were in perpetual rivalry, so they went on different paths. Eventually, after both of them joined their waters with the Danube river, they arrived together to their father.

In the times of the Turkish invasion, a handsome man, named Biró Gábor, lived in Sânmartin village. He was very proud of his long hair, but this proved to be his downfall, as his hair got tangled in thistles and he was defeated by enemies.

The Hungarian national poet, Sándor Petőfi, has spent the last night before disappearing on the Albești battlefield under the pear tree of the Gyárfás manor in Cristuru Secuiesc. There are whispers that he also wrote a poem, but the only witness is the tree.

In the perimeter of the Valea Strâmbă commune there is a cave, which has been named after a whispering sound, the name Súgó-barlang meaning ”The Whispering Cave” in Hungarian. Tradition says that there is gold dripping from the cave ceiling, and it takes seven years to fill three buckets. But the one who wants to bring the gold to the surface must be a very strong man.

One night, Tartod, a diabolical sorcerer and his acolytes, stole the foundation stone of the Firtos Fortress, but after the song of a cock, the sun rose and broke the spell. The wizards hid the pierced foundation stone near the Corund River, where it can be seen today. 

At Borsec/Borszék, between the trail to Izvorul Străvechi and the Bear's Cave there is a glade, called The Fairy Glade. The flowers of this garden were cared for by the daughter of the Lord of the Dealul Rotund Fortress. Her name was Hedvig, and from time to time the song of the fairies can be heard. 

In the valley of the Goagiu River, near the Târnava Mare River, in the days of the Crusades, some knights built a dwelling. At first it was only a resting place, after which some houses were also built, and then a whole village rose. This is the present-day city Cristuru Secuiesc.

The Sculpture of Virgin Mary in the basilica of Şumuleu-Ciuc was cut during the Turkish-Tatar invasion, but due to the miraculous power of the statue, the invaders couldn’t steal it.

The Tartars chased the Szeklers to a cave and tried to starve them, but they made a kürtőskalács from straws. The Tatars, believing they could not starve them, abandoned their action.

In the folk memory of the Ciucsângeorgiu villagers, István Tompos's name lives on, as a true hero. His son's wedding was interrupted by the arrival of the Tatars, but the angered guests drove the invaders away from the village.

Giants lived in the triple fortress, Haromvár. A young giant took a man into the fortress, but his father ordered him to take him back, because the time would come when men would reign over the earth. A dragon lived around and kidnapped the daughter of the lord of the fortress.

In Ciumani village, under Amza peak, there is a peculiar stone formation. The popular belief considers the trace to be a footstep of Jesus Himself, who came riding a donkey and holding a stick in his hand. Thus, not only the traces of Jesus and the donkey are preserved, but also the trace of the stick used by the Savior.

At the advice of a clairvoyant woman, Ms. Bákai, the Szeklers of Gheorgheni tricked the Tatars by putting their hats on straw bogies and placing some pots in the grass to scare the Tatars' horses, and then they defeated them.

The baron Bánffy Dezső owned a vineyard in Breaza, near Reghin, and a lot of fir forests in Toplița. In jest, his friends offered to come and pick the grapes, but in Toplița. The baron's answer was this: he nicely tied bundles of grapes to the branches of the fir trees, and kindly asked his friends to pick them, to keep their word. Since that time, that side of the Tarniţa mountain has been named Bánffy's Vineyard.

St. Ladislau, king of Hungary, fought against the Cumans at Chiraleș. One of the Cumans kidnapped a beautiful girl, but the king followed him, and with the help of the girl, he killed the pagan. This scene is immortalized on the fresco of the Dârju church. In the bastions of the fortress, the locals store their food supplies.