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The Mythology of Volcanoes

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Introduction:
"Volcanoes have fascinated people around the world since ancient times. Myths and legends were created to explain the behaviour of these fire-breathing mountains - see how much you know!"


1. From the name of which Roman god is the word "volcano" derived?
    Answer: (one word - 6 letters)


2. The Greeks had a counterpart to the Roman god of fire. What was his name?
    Hephaestus
    Ares
    Zeus
    Apollo


3. The Hawaiian goddess of fire is said to live in the volcano Kilauea. Who is she?
    Namakaokahai
    Pele
    Haumea
    Kapo


4. This volcano, which erupted violently in May 1980, has the Native American name of Louwala-Clough.
    Mount Adams
    Mount Hood
    Mauna Loa
    Mount St Helens


5. This Japanese volcano's name derives from a word meaning "fire" or "deity of fire"; Mt _____.
    Answer: (one word - four letters)


6. According to legend, this Mexican volcano is supposedly a warrior holding a smoking torch, standing guard over the body of the woman he loves.
    Popocatapetl
    Iztaccihuatl
    Paricutin
    Pico de Orizaba


7. The volcanic island of Surtsey was named after a god of fire from which mythology?
    Hawaiian
    Mayan
    Norse
    Roman


8. Legend has it that this island was destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption/earthquake/tidal wave as punishment by the gods because its people were becoming too greedy and self-absorbed.
    Crete
    Atlantis
    Sicily
    Cyprus


9. The native people of this region believed that the peaks of its volcanoes were inhabited by mountain spirits called gomuls.
    Indonesian archipelago
    Kamchatka peninsula
    Australia
    Japan


10. A Filipino legend tells that this mountain concealed a father weeping for his dead daughter.
    Mayon
    Hibok-Hibok
    Taal
    Pinatubo


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