"Lissa" is the name of the fox in all Bulgarian folk tales in which a fox takes part. "Lissa" is the most popular animal in the Bulgarian folk tales, "she" is famous for "her" cunning and dodgå, "her" skill to lie "herself" out of a scrape. The name of the fox - "Lissa" - comes from "lisitza", which is the Bulgarian word for "fox". In Bulgaria "Lissa" is not used for a woman's name.