Marţolea is a Demonic entity in Romanian mythology (especially in the regions of Bukovina and Maramureş) who lives up in the mountains and descends on Tuesday nights to lure with her singing and punish the women caught working. Called also Marţ Sara (the old Romanian words for "Tuesday Evening") is a malefic entity, who demands the semi-holy day of Tuesday to be respected and who forbids four women's chores: spinning of the wool, sowing, boiling laundry and baking bread. This is a pagan being. In some regions,she is called Joimâriţa, another form of the Romanian word for Tuesday.