 A folk story called "The Martyr of Melinci" ("Mälìnčki mantrník") collected by the Prekmurje Slovene writer Števan Kühar (1882–1915) describes how the Mura River was in flood and threatened to destroy the village.The men of the village gathered together and decided to bury alive a seven-year-old child, Števek from the Džuro farm ("Džúrov Štèväk" or "Džurof Štefek") as a sacrifice to appease the river.After that the river never again flooded like it had before.