A very popular legend tells the story about how the image of Our Lady of Santa Ana is in that place. According to the legend, a group of natives were moving this image to Honduras. When they reached Santa Ana they were very tired and decided to spend the night under a big ceiba in a place called "Sihuatehuacán".

The next day in the morning, the natives tried to continue the way to Honduras, but the image became so heavy they decided to left it in that place.

A second legend about Our Lady of Santa Ana: During the "44 revolution", one of the most important battles of the Techan Hill, where the soldiers were really desperate, almost unarmed and with the enemy batallion very close. Suddenly, a mysterious and beautiful woman appeared with a jug full of water. That woman was Our Lady of Santa Ana.