Volcanos are named for Vulcan, the God of fire. (Those of us who adhere to the Catholic version of history believe that Greeks got angels confused with Gods, which is completely understandable. We had been exiled from the Paradise garden for a long time, and had forgotten a considerable quantity of human history by that time. By the time God appeared to Abraham at the Ziggurat in Iraq, Greeks had a vast pantheon of angel/gods to whom they rendered cults of worship.) Volcanos are fascinating phenomena, and not least because while wildly dangerous and destructive, they are also very beautiful and create the most fertile land for agriculture. It's recommendable that anyone curious about the Valanga finds out a bit about the super soil of volcanic territory as well as the fascinating history surroudning these phenomena, for instance, in Southern Italy where volcanos abound.
THIS PASOLINI SQUIB NEEDS TO GO ELSEWHERE, IT DOESNT GO RIGHT HERE>. We recommend for gardeners Uccellacci Uccellini a film made after Pasolini visited Assissi, had a metanoia experience and made Matteo and it is redolent with the fragrance of the earth itself as a sacrament. The film features two individuals who are representatives of the disappearing ancient agricultural socities which barfield called ancient unities.the marxist narratir, a crow, calls them beati because innocent of ideology st francischooses them to go out and evangelize both rich and poor. does not resolve the question of economic and cultural ineeuality, but slays and eats it instead.
This is just one example of how people study volcanos today, there are any number of scholarly articles available for perusal. Mt. Aetna.
