Cyprian the monk - he dealt with medicine, botany, pharmacy, alchemy, mechanics and cosmology, according to legend he constructed a working flying machine,
the heroes of Zamagurskie fairy tales are ordinary people who struggle with everyday problems and enjoy the smallest joy with childish honesty,
fairy tales about the dawn (a demonic character from Slovak folklore - a dwarf with chicken legs) living at the foot of the Sławkowski Summit,
fairy tales about female demonic creatures living in Tatra ponds, about a dragon in the vicinity of Szczyrba, about rusalkas in Morskie Oko, about a duck that at night at St. Jana lays golden eggs,
fairy tales, tales and fairy tales from Zamagur are compiled in several publications: Ľud pod Tatram (People under the Tatras), Dejina Osturne (History of the village of Osturnia), Goralské rozpávky z Malá Frankova (Fairy tales from Mała Frankowa), Povesti o zbojníkoch zo slovľenských a poľenských Tatier (Opowieści o zbójników from the Slovak and Polish Tatras - Zbójnik Karolik from Ždiara),
belief in the existence of the supernatural world also gave rise to ideas about various creatures. Fairy tales and stories abounded in střigi (strigoi), gušľarki (sorceress), střigaři (striga), čarovňici (sorceress), porabiajači (cursing character), ťotka zombatom (aunt-toothed aunt), goddesses (goddesses), ďikije baby (wild baby), ďive zony (goblin), jindžibaby (babyjagi), planetňik (plateau), chmarňik (chyme), cornokšenžňik (sorcerer), topeľec (drowned man).
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