The legend of the volcano has its source in the numerous eruptions that have taken place until recently.
The name "Rincon de la Vieja" comes from a supposed matron who lived inside the mountain. When someone was about to visit her lands, it was said, to evoke this distant and inhospitable place, that he went to the corner of the old woman, .
Legend has it that in this corner lived the "Dabaiba", a fantastic being who according to beliefs lived inside a volcano, and to whom the Indians brought food because they feared her fiery eyes and tiger teeth. However, they let her down, when a bonesetter cast a curse on her. Some Indians say that old Dabaiba is up there drowning in a thick, hot, leaden mud that is bubbling noisily.