LEGENDS

Pamukkale Legend : The story of the Woodcutter's daughter has been told for ages. Many years ago there was a poor woodcutter family who were living on the slopes of Cokelez Mountain. They had a daughter who was so ugly that the mothers who had sons turned away if they saw her. She didn't care so much about her poverty, but her ugliness made her very upset. One day she fell off the top of the hill into a cavity. She had fallen into the travertine pool that was full of thermal water and mud. She lied in the thermal water unconscious for a long time. During that time the water made her very beautiful. The son of the Denizli Governor saw this beautiful girl lying hurt in the water. He decided to take her to his house by horse. He loved her and they got married. Women began to come to the hot spring to become more beautiful after that time.

Bride's Desire Rock : Once upon a time there was a very beautiful girl who fell in love with a shepherd. But unfortunately, the son of the governor was also in love with her. One day while she was carrying food to the shepherd the son of the governor followed her. She had seen him and understood what would happen, so she prayed to a god to help her to only marry the shepherd and not anyone else. She added, "If not, make me a rock." The god accepted her prayer and made her a rock together with her horse. After that day the girls began to come to that rock to pray about their lovers.

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