fabled

tarumainen, satumainen, tarunomainen Known only in fables; fictitious.
Made known by fables; legendary, famed.
2014, (w), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text

We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.