Tale summary
The story of Vrancea can be tracked back to the time when Stephen the Great was the voivode of Moldova. It is said that he had lost a battle and he was wandering through the woods, when he arrived at a woman’s house, Vrâncioaia by her name. She was unaware at first that he was speaking to the voivode himself, but when she realized that, she immediately summoned her seven sons and asked them to help the ruler of Moldova. They, in turn, raised a new army to replace the old, defeated one, and together with Stephen the Great, they reclaimed the lands. After the battle, they were repaid by the voivode and they all got a small district in Vrancea, to be theirs forever, and they named their lands after them.