According to Aberdeenshire Council the legend behind the stone relates to a daughter of the laird of Balquhain, who on her wedding day bet a stranger that she would be able to bake a batch of bread before he could build a road to the top of Bennachie, on whose flanks the stone lies, or 'she would become his own'. The stranger, who was none other than the devil, won the wager, and the fleeing maiden turned to stone just as he caught her.