Bullfinch appears in the ancient Belarusian legend about the origin of fire on Earth. Belarusians see bullfinch as a special kind of Prometheus, who brought down fire on Earth - a modest, small and original gray bird. According to the legend, the bullfinch executes an order given by God - to bring fire from heaven to earth. None of the birds and animals could fulfill the divine order. And only the bullfinch dealt with this, he took fire on the sky and flew with it to the ground. However, all along the road on high the fire severely burned breast and neck of the bullfinch. Heroic bird withstood all the pain and brought fire on the earth, and its neck and breast remained red, as a decoration and a memory of the heroic deed made by this bird.