God was greatly angered by this injustice, and in his wrath turned all of the land surrounding the woman (except the ground she was sitting on) into the water forming a lake, destroying the princess along with her friends and family in the process.

Where the pregnant woman was sitting became an island (now a peninsula) where Istifanos Monastery, founded in the middle of the 13th century by Iyasus Mo'a, is located.

A former student of Iyasus Mo'a, Tekle Haymanot, went on to found the monastery of Debra Asbos (renamed in the 15th century to Debre Libanos) in Shewa.

[2] Tekle Haymanot was one of five bright young religious students who became the "five lights of Christianity" for the south of Ethiopia.

He mentions the lake had hippopotamuses and catfish, and the land around it was planted in lemons, oranges, and citrons.