Tale summary
It is said that once upon a time there lived a sorcerer named Bucur. He had a magic whistle that, upon playing, would draw unsuspecting girls to the sorcerer’s cave. He instilled fear in everyone, except a proud girl named Ialomița, who claimed that, on the off chance that the sorcerer had charmed her too, she would still be able to escape from the cave. That is precisely what happened and, one day, despite the warnings of the witnesses, she followed the sorcerer who was playing his flute once again. In trying to escape, Ialomița prayed to be turned into a bird, a flower, a fish, a deer and a river, while Bucur turned into a stallion, an eagle, a butterfly, a fishing rod, a hunter and a rock. After the last metamorphosis of the two, the magic whistle fell and was shattered, denying any chance of the two returning to their normal form. The cave then got the name of the girl – the cave of Ialomița