City/Town:Bu?teni
Name of the place:Babele
Country:Romania
Province/Département:Dâmbovi?a, Prahova
Region:Sud Muntenia
Natural characteristics:Mushroom shaped rock formations
Location:https://goo.gl/maps/CXF1KwYRNZxeo4G17
Reasons for its inclusion:Related to Baba Dochia mytological figure
Related stories or tales:Dochia was the daughter (or sister) of Decebalus, King of the Dacians. When the Roman Emperor Trajan was conquering part of the Dacian territory, Dochia seeks refuge in the Carpathian Mountains in order to avoid marrying him. She disguises herself as a shepherd and her people as a herd. When she realizes that there is no escape she asks the supreme Dacian god Zamolxes to turn her and her herd into stone,[2] thus becoming Babele
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