The common heritage between Serbia and Bulgaria is reflected in many legends about the tragic love stories that took place during the Turkish reign. The legend of the Goritsa waterfall is one of them: Once upon a time, during the Turkish reign in Bulgaria, in the village of Ovcarci there lived the beautiful maiden Gorica and her beloved man Jovica. They were very much in love with each other. However the local bey (Turkish governor) also fell in love with Goritsa and ordered his servants to bring her to him. Gorica ran to the mountain where Jovitsa was a shepherd. The Turks almost got her when she decided to jump off the rocks and into the abyss. The river followed her and created the waterfall.
