Lake Misurina (Italian: Lago di Misurina; Cadorino dialect: Lago de Meśorìna) is the largest natural lake of the Cadore and it is 1,754 m above sea level, near Auronzo di Cadore (Belluno).

In the first one, which was also made famous by a song named "Il lago di Misurina" by Claudio Baglioni, Misurina is a little capricious and spiteful girl who lives literally held in the palm of the hand of her gigantic father, the king Sorapiss.

He is transformed into a mountain to fulfill another desire and obtain for her the magic mirror from the Queen of Monte Cristallo.

[1] In the second one, Mesurina (who is later nicknamed) is a daughter of wealthy merchants from Venice who is sent away to the mountains by her father who is anxious not to fulfill a prophecy that would see the girl give away all their possessions.

Following some tragic amorous events vaguely reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, the girl dies, and she is recognized on the point of death by a lover whom she met in bloom and from whom she was brought away by deception from the stables of his father and a servant sent by him.