Lines of Wonder

Legend has it that there was once a young man from a small Carpathian village named Prut, who fell in love with Hoverla, the daughter of the god of the mountains. The young couple would secretly meet high in the mountains every night. When Hoverla’s father discovered their relationship, he was furious. It was impossible for Hoverla, an immortal to be with a mortal like Prut. He forbade his daughter to continue on with Prut. But she refused. He promised to force the relationship to end. So he turned his daughter into the highest mountain in the Carpathians.

That night Prut searched everywhere for his love. In desperation he climbed the tallest peak and cried out to her. Only the wind answered him back, telling him how Hoverla was now forever a mountain but never to be with him again. Broken hearted, Prut threw himself off the highest peak to his death. At the foot of the mountain Hoverla, in the place where he died, a river began to flow.

Against all odds, Hoverla and Prut were reunited to forever be together.