In Hungarian folk lore, the legend of the Turul Madár (Turul Bird) is rather famous. They say that this bird came upon the mother of Árpád (one of the leaders of the Hungarian tribes when they settled in the Carpathian Basin in 896) when he was conceived. Later, it is said that the Turul dropped it's sword in the Carpathian Basin as a sign that they should settle there. For its significance, there are a couple statues in Hungary dedicated to the Turul.
There is a large one on the mountain overlooking Tatabánya, which we visited on Sunday night there.
And there is a smaller, less majestic looking one by the castle in Budapest.
(Not to reveal my preference of one over the other. Also, you can't really tell from these pictures but the one in Tatabánya is much larger.)
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