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Gendered volcanoes and legends.

Volcanoes, because their peculiar activity, were considered alive and treated as living being. This persist today even among non-pagan people. In particular, creation is associated with them as well as destruction, and creation has for long been considered a feminine factor, aswell as the destruction.

Many volcanoes have a feminine pronoun, most have a neutral pronoun. Masculine pronouns are rare among volcanoes, but they might happen. Mostly masculine pronouns are common in languages that only have a masculine and a feminine pronoun (like Italian and French).

An interesting fact, the more a volcano is ‘mean’, the more is loved, at the same time, being ‘docile’ is considered a quality aswell.

Below some of gendered volcanoes I can find easily.

Popocatépetl (male) and Iztaccíhuatl (Female)

The name Iztaccihuatl in the indigenous Nahuatl language means “White Woman” and the mountain actually includes four peaks, the tallest of which reaches 17,158 feet. Many see her silhouette as resembling that of a sleeping woman, complete with head, chest, knees and feet. Iztaccihuatl is an extinct volcano and is a popular destination for adventurous mountaineers and hikers.

Iztaccíhuatl is a stratovolcano, like most of Eartling volcanoes (most Martian volcanoes are shield), and is extinct. I can’t find 'her’ VEI anywhere. Most likely she didn’t went past VEI 4-5

Popocatepetl is the taller of the two mountains, reaching an incredible 17,802 feet in height. Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl are connected by a high mountain pass known as the Paso de Cortes. Popocatepetl is still active with the volcano having spewed smoke and ash as recently as 2001. In the Nauhuatl language Popocatepetl means “Smoking Mountain” and as we shall soon see, was aptly named.

Popocatepetl is also a stratovolcano, and is active. ‘His’ VEI is 6.

THE LEGEND

In Aztec mythology, the volcanoes were once humans who were deeply in love. This legend features two star-crossed lovers, the young brave warrior Popocatepetl and the beautiful princess Iztaccihuatl. The father of Iztaccihuatl, a mighty ruler, placed a demanding condition upon Popocatepetl before he could take Iztaccihuatl as his bride. His mandate required that Popocatepetl first engage in battle against the tribe’s enemy and return victorious. Variations of the legend include the added stipulation that Popocatepetl needed to return with the vanquished enemy’s head as proof of his success. The story continues with Popocatepetl setting off for battle with Iztaccihuatl waiting for her beloved’s return. Treacherously, a rival of Popocatepetl’s sends a false message back to the ruler that the warrior has been slain when in fact, Popocatepetl has won the battle and is ready to return to his Iztaccihuatl. However, the princess upon hearing the false news, falls ill and succumbs to her deep sorrow, dying of a broken heart. When Popocatepetl returns triumphant to his people only to encounter his beloved’s death, his heartbreak is inconsolable. He carries Iztaccihuatl’s body to the mountains whereupon he has a funeral pyre built for both himself and his princess. Grief-stricken beyond measure, Popocatepetl dies next to his beloved. The Gods, touched by the lover’s plight, turn the humans into mountains, so that they may finally be together. They remain so to this day with Popocatepetl residing over his princess Iztaccihuatl, while she lay asleep. On occasion, Popo will spew ash, reminding those watching that he is always in attendance, that he will never leave the side of his beloved Izta.

http://www.mexonline.com/history-popo.htm

Kick ‘em Jenny (Female).

Yes, she has this funny name. She is a underwater volcano, you can’t see her. Her morphology is lava dome and maar. Despite her name, her VEI is just 1 (’till now, I believe the lowest VEI for a volcano was 2), and is about 1300 meters tall.

Nearby there is what we might consider a male volcano: Kick 'em Jack.

Lewotobi Lakilaki(Male) and Lewotobi Perempuan(Female) stratovolcanoes

They’re twin volcanoes, however in Indonesian, the names mean "Husband and Wife”. There should be a legend aroun them. Their VEI is 3. Their mprphology? Stratovolcanoes and lava domes.

Three Sisters and the little Brother

They are four volcanoes of the Cascade Ranger, just like the well know St.Helens (That is also a gendered volcano). They have human names: Faith, the north sister is a shield volcano (Honestly, to me it looks like an obvious stratovolcano) that has built over another shield, called ‘Little Brother’. The little brother has no human name and is quite forgotten. The other two, Hope, the ‘Middle Sister’, is a stratovolcano, is the most neglected of the three (or four) by scientists and volcanologists, and is also the smallest volcano. Charity, the ‘South Sister’ is both a shield and a stratovolcano, and is the tallest of the three.

They are dormant volcanoes for long time, and their VEI is 4

Pavlof Volcano (non-gendered) and Pavlof Sister (Female)

Twin stratovolcanoes. Of the two, Pavlof Sister is dormant. The two volcanoes share their magma chamber. Their VEI is 4

Chimborazo (male)

This huge volcano (more than 4.000 meterst tall) is located in Equador and is surnamed ‘Taita Chimborazo’ (Daddy Chimborazo) by the locals. Is a stratovolcano provided with a caldera, this does means that his VEI is most likely 5 or more

Tungurahua (Female)

Also located in Equador, her name does means ‘Burning Throat’ but also ‘Crater’. Is also called, by locals ‘Black Giant’ and ‘Mama Tungurahua‘. Is a pure stratovolcano and her VEI is 5

Santa Ana (Female)

A stratovolcano with a spyral shaped caldera and a crater lake, located in El Salvador. On her flank there is the youngest stratovolcano in the world, Izalco. Santa Ana is most likely a VEI 6 volcano

Santa Isabel (Female)

A shield volcano and lava dome in Colombia. Her VEI is most likely no more than 3. A curiosity. In Aftrica there is another volcano named Santa Isabel, also a shield volcano with a low VEI. The two volcanoes are also on the same latitude.

Santa María (Female)

A stratovolcano in Guatemala with a VEI of 6. Is one of the toughest volcanoes in the world. Her VEI 6 eruption left a minimal scar (just a landslide), compared to the VEI 5 1980 Eruption of St.Helens, that almost destroyed the volcano. That’s probably because the eruption was a flank eruption, and not from the crater. Is one of the few VEI-6 volcanoes without a caldera. Santa Maria isn’t a solitary volcano, but is in the middle of a mountain range with both regular mountains and volcanoes.

St. Helens (usually female)

Curiously, both Native Americans and English named this volcano after a woman (though the English name is indirect). The volcano is sometimes surnamed ‘Helen’ and ‘the lady’. Formerly was also surnamed ‘American Fuji’, because she used to have a perfect symmetrical shape, and the very same silhouette of the Japanese volcano. St.Helens is a stratovolcano of the Cascade range and is the most active of them, but her magma chamber is most likely decentralized. Because of this, the volcano was regarded ‘cold hearted’, though the related legend say otherwise. St.Helens is a VEI 6 volcano.

St. Helens has many legends, such as: From the Puyallup Tribes

According to the lore of these tribes, long ago a huge landslide of rocks roared into the Columbia River near Cascade Locks and eventually formed a natural stone bridge that spanned the river. The bridge came to be called Tamanawas Bridge, or Bridge of the Gods. In the center of the arch burned the only fire in the world, so of course the site was sacred to Native Americans. They came from north, south, west, and east to get embers for their own fires from the sacred fire.A wrinkled old woman, Loowitlatkla (“Lady of Fire,”) lived in the center of the arch, tending the fire. Loowit, as she was called, was so faithful in her task, and so kind to the Indians who came for fire, that she was noticed by the great chief Tyee Sahale. He had a gift he had given to very few others – among them his sons Klickitat and Wyeast – and he decided to offer this gift to Loowit as well. The gift he bestowed on Loowit was eternal life. But Loowit wept, because she did not want to live forever as an old woman.Sahale could not take back the gift, but he told Loowit he could grant her one wish. Her wish, to be young and beautiful, was granted, and the fame of her wondrous beauty spread far and wide.One day Wyeast came from the land of the Multnomahs in the south to see Loowit. Just as he arrived at Tamanawas Bridge, his brother Klickitat came thundering down from the north. Both brothers fell in love with Loowit, but she could not choose between them. Klickitat and Wyeast had a tremendous fight. They burned villages. Whole forests disappeared in flames.Sahale watched all of this fury and became very angry. He frowned. He smote Tamanawas Bridge, and it fell in the river where it still boils in angry protest. He smote the three lovers, too; but, even as he punished them, he loved them. So, where each lover fell, he raised up a mighty mountain. Because Loowit was beautiful her mountain (St. Helens) was a symmetrical cone, dazzling white. Wyeast’s mountain (Mount Hood) still lifts his head in pride. Klickitat , for all his rough ways, had a tender heart. As Mount Adams, he bends his head in sorrow, weeping to see the beautiful maiden Loowit wrapped in snow.

From the Yakima Tribes Si Yett, meaning woman, is the Yakima Indian name for Mount St. Helens. According to legend, Si Yett was a beautiful white maiden placed on earth by the Great Spirit to protect the Bridge of the Gods on the Columbia River from the battling brothers, Mount Adams and Mount Hood.

From the Klickitat Tribes Klickitat Indians tell of two braves, Pahto, (Mount Adams) and Wyeast (Mount Hood), who fought to win the affections of an ugly old hag, who had been turned into a beautiful maiden by the Great Spirit.

From the Cowlitz Tribes Cowlitz Indian legends tell of a time when Mount Rainier had an argument with his two wives, Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams. Mount St. Helens became jealous, blew her top, and knocked the head off Mount Rainier.(Cowlitz Indians called Mount St. Helens “Lavelatla,” which means “smoking mountain.”)

As we see from above, we need to include:

Mount Hood (usually male)

Stratovolcano with lava dome. Apparently, his VEI is 2. The eruption of St.Helens in 1980 was photographed also from this volcano, that was almost reached by pyroclastic flows.

Mount Rainier (usually male)

Also a stratovolcano, his VEI is 5. His craters are completely filled by a glacier. Is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, especially for the potential of lahars during the next eruption.

Mount Adams (usually male)

Another stratovolcano of the cascade range. A stratovolcano, with a VEI of 2.

Native Americans in the area have composed many legends concerning the three “smoking mountains” that guard the Columbia River. According to the Bridge of the Gods tale, Wy'east (Mount Hood) and Pahto (Mount Adams; also called Paddo or Klickitat by native peoples) were the sons of the Great Spirit. The brothers both competed for the love of the beautiful La-wa-la-clough (Mount St. Helens). When La-wa-la-clough chose Pahto, Wy'east struck his brother hard so that Pahto’s head was flattened and Wy'east took La-wa-la-clough from him (thus attempting to explain Adams’ squat appearance).[12] Other versions of the story state that losing La-wa-la-clough caused Pahto such grief that he dropped his head in shame.

My stupid note: Mount Adams did Seppuku :P

In a legend from the Klickitats, the chief of the gods, Tyhee Saghalie, came to The Dalles with his two sons. The sons quarreled about who would settle where. To settle the dispute, Saghalie shot an arrow to the west and to the north and told his sons to find them and to settle where the arrows had fallen. So one settled in the Willamette Valley and the other in the area between the Yakimaand Columbia Rivers and they became the ancestors of the Multnomah and Klickitat tribes respectively. To separate the tribes, Saghalie raised the Cascade Mountains. He also created the “Bridge of the Gods” as a way for the tribes to meet with one another easily. A “witch-woman,” whose name was Loowit, lived on the bridge and had control of the only fire in the world. She wanted to give the tribes fire to improve their condition and Saghalie consented. He was so pleased with Loowit’s faithfulness that he offered Loowit whatever she wanted. She asked for youth and beauty and Saghalie granted her wish. Suitors came from near and far until finally she could not decide between Klickitat and Wiyeast. Klickitat and Wiyeast went to war over the matter until finally Sahalie decided to punish them for creating such chaos. He broke the Bridge of the Gods and put the three lovers to death. However, in order to honor their beauty, he raised up three mountains: Wiyeast (Hood), Klickitat (Adams), and Loowit (St. Helens).

In a similar legend from the Klickitats, there was a large inland sea between the Cascades and the Rocky Mountains. The Native Americans lived on the sea and each year they would hold two large powwows at Mount Multnomah, one in the spring and one in the fall. The demigod Koyoda Spielei lived among them and settled disputes among the living things of the earth, including the mountains Pa-toe (Adams) and Yi-east (Hood), sons of the Great Spirit Soclai Tyee. For many years, peace prevailed over the land. Then a beautiful squaw mountain moved to the valley between Pa-toe and Yi-east. She fell in love with Yi-east, but liked to flirt with Pa-toe. This caused the two mountains to quarrel with each other and it quickly escalated into an all out brawl. Ignoring Koyoda’s calls for peace, they belched forth smoke and ash and threw hot rocks at each other. Some time later, they paused for a rest and discovered the catastrophe they had caused. The forests and meadows had been burnt to the ground and many animals and other living things had been killed. The earth had been shaken so severely that a hole had been created in the mountains and the sea had drained away and the Bridge of the Gods was formed. The squaw mountain had hid herself in a cave during the battle and because they could no longer find her, they were about to resume fighting. However, while they had been fighting, Koyoda went to Soclai and told him what was happening. Soclai arrived in time to stop them from resuming their quarrel. He decreed that the squaw mountain should remain in the cave forever and the Bridge of the Gods was to be a covenant of peace between the mountains that he would cause to fall if they ever resumed their quarrel. He also placed an ugly old woman, known as Loo-wit, as a mountain to guard the bridge and remind the brothers that beauty is never permanent. After many years, the signs of the great battle and the evidence of the inland sea had disappeared and there was happiness and contentment over the earth. The squaw mountain wished to come out of her cave and grew very lonely. In an effort to ease her loneliness, Soclai sent the Bats, a tribe of beautiful birds, to be her companions. Yi-east eventually learned that the Bats were her guardians and carried out secret communication with the squaw mountain through them. He befriended Loo-wit and crossed the bridge at night to meet with the squaw mountain. One night, he stayed too long and had to hurry to get back to his proper place. He caused the ground to shake so much in his haste that a large rock fell and blocked the entrance to the cave. When Soclai found this, he was furious with the Bats and punished them by turning them into bats that are seen today. He allowed the squaw mountain to remain out of the cave on her promise to be good, but would not allow her and Yi-east to be married, fearing the inevitable quarrel that might start again. He did promise to look for a mate for Pa-toe, hoping this would initiate a lasting peace. However, because of his many duties, he forgot this promise and the two mountains were only held in check by his threats. Eventually, when Soclai was in another part of the world, they resumed their quarrel and created chaos again. Their violence broke the Bridge of the Gods and destroyed the landscape again. Loo-wit, in her attempts to stop the two brothers, was badly burned and scarred; and when the bridge collapsed, she fell with it. Finally, Pa-toe won the battle and Yi-east admitted defeat. Soclai returned from where he had been, but he was too late to avert the disaster. He found Loo-wit and because she had been faithful in her guardianship, he rewarded her by giving her her greatest desire, youth and beauty. Having received this gift, she moved to the west side of the Cascades and remains there to this day as Mount St. Helens. Since Pa-toe won the battle, the squaw mountain belonged to him. She was heart broken, but took her place at his side. She soon fell at his feet and into a deep sleep from which she never awoke. She is now known as Sleeping Beauty. Pa-toe became so sad that he caused her deep sleep, he lowered his own head in remorse.

The Yakamas also have a legend attempting to explain Adams’ squat appearance. Long ago, the Sun was a man and he had five wives who were mountains: Plash-Plash (the Goat Rocks), Wahkshum (the Simcoe Mountains), Pahto (Adams), Rainier, and St. Helens. Because she was the third wife to be greeted by the Sun in the morning, Pahto became jealous. She broke down both Plash-Plash and Wahkshum, but left Rainier and St. Helens alone. She was happy that she was now the first to be greeted, but wanted more, so she crossed the Columbia and took plants and animals from the mountains there. The other mountains were afraid of her, but Klah Klahnee (the Three Sisters) convinced Wyeast (Hood) to confront Pahto. Wyeast initially tried being nice, but Pahto would have none of it. So Wyeast hit her head and knocked it off, creating Devils Garden. Wyeast then shared what Pahto had taken with the rest of the mountains. After this, Pahto became mean and she would send thunderstorms, heavy rain, and snow to the valleys below. The Great Spirit had been watching all this time and came to Pahto. He gave her a new head in the form of White Eagle and his son Red Eagle and he reminded her that she was his daughter. Pahto repented and promised to stop being mean and greedy.

In many of the legends of the Cascade Mountains, there are thunderbirds that live on them and Adams is no exception. This particular thunderbird was named Enumtla and he terrorized the inhabitants of the land. Speelyi, the Klickitat coyote god, came along one day and they implored him to do something. Speelyi transformed himself into a feather and waited. It did not take long for Enumtla to see the feather and investigate. Being suspicious, he thundered at the feather with no effect. He paused and suddenly the magic feather let loose a terrific volley of thunder and lightning and stunned Enumtla. Speelyi then managed to overpower Enumtla and decreed that the thunderbird could no longer terrify the people, could only thunder on hot days, and could not destroy with lightning.[67]

Several other tribes have legends involving battles and disagreements between the great peaks. The Cowlitz and Chehalis have a legend where Rainier and St. Helens were female mountains and quarreled over Adams, the male mountain. In a different legend from the Cowlitz, St. Helens was the man and Pahto (Adams) and Takhoma (Rainier) were his wives and the two wives quarreled with each other. A thunderbird legend from the Yakamas has a terrific battle between the thunderbird, Enumklah, and his five wives, Tahoma (Rainier), Pahto (Adams), Ah-kee-kun (Hood), Low-we-lat-Klah (St. Helens), and Simcoe. Pahto and Tahoma were badly beaten, Ah-kee-kun and Low-we-lat-Klah escaped without injury, and Simcoe suffered the greatest injury for starting the battle.

Etna (Female)

Mt Etna is a massive complex shield-stratovolcano that contains several (virtually all) volcanic morphologies and is among the oldest active volcanoes in the world, with an age of 600k years, nor to mention the fourth biggest volcanoes in Europe. Her VEI is 6. In most legends, Etna tends to have a dark nature (prison or door for underworld). Is in modern times that is regarded as a kind woman, in fact her modern surnames are ‘Her Majesty the Volcano(she)’, ‘Mama Etna’, ‘Lady Mountain’ and even ‘Vulcanessa’ (feminine word for the italian ‘Vulcano’, special for Etna only. Even her second name ‘Mongibello’ (the name of the stratovolcano on the top) was turned into ‘Mongibella’. Etna is also a feminine ancient name (Ætna) and a modern African feminine name. In Japan, a musician changed her birthname into Etna. There is also a female anime character that was named after the Sicilian volcano.

There are four major myths associated with Mount Etna. In the first, Zeus subdued the monster Typhon, after a long fight, by hurling Mount Etna on top of him. In a variant of this myth, Gaia produced another monster called Enceladus to avenge Typhon, and either Zeus bound him under Etna, or Athena threw the whole island of Sicily on top of him.

The second myth is that Etna is the smithy of the gods, where Hephaistos or Vulcan forged weapons for the gods, assisted by the Cyclopes. This is where Odysseus is said to have met Polyphemus, and Aeneas passed by.

The third myth is that the Cattle of the Sun grazed on the slopes of Mount Etna. Killing and eating some of these brought destruction upon Odisseusâs men. It is said that the town of Taormina is associated with this myth, since the name may come from âtaurosâ â bull and nearby is a valley suitable for grazing, called the Valley of the Ox.

The fourth myth is that Persephone liked to gather flowers on the lower slopes of Etna and to dance with the nymphs on the plain of Enna. When Hades abducted her, he opened a crevice in Mount Etna as an entrance to the Underworld.

Vesuvius (Male)

Vesuvius is the most famous volcanoes in the world, among the most violent and also the most dangerous. Is a young stratovolcano with caldera, and his VEI is 6. According to the latest researches, Vesuvius shares it’s magma chamber with Campi Flegrei and Ischia, of those Campi Flegrei is a supervolcano (there are only 10/12 supervolcanoes in the world, those volcanoes have a VEI of 8 or are major VEI 7). This makes Vesuvius a satellite volcano of a supervolcano, and that does means his potential VEI might be even more than 6. Neapolitans sometimes referer to Vesuvius as ‘Him’ and call him ‘Daddy’. The name Vesuvius itself contain a masculine component, because Vesuvius does means ‘Son of Zeus’. Plus, is one of the few volcanoes that, according to European legends, used to be a human. In Naples Vesuvius is regarded as ‘the violent father’, but also as a protector.

Magica de Spell, a Disney character, is inspired by one of the many legends about Vesuvius.

The poignant love story of Vesuvius and Capri, love and far? It ‘a story steeped in this fire and passion and tells of a young man belonging to a noble family who fell madly in love of this beautiful and sweet girl, a nymph who blew up the heart and burn blood to the young Vesuvius. Thus began ‘a long courtship of Vesuvius or Vesevo (Egloghe fishermen’s Bernardino Rota) for the young and beautiful nymph named Capri that you feel at the center of the universe, the most beautiful of the beautiful, the more that it too He begins to drop all forms of emotional barrier and then let go, like a wave that gently caresses the sand and then withdraw and return again and again. The two young men, however in their ardor not notice the shadows who plot behind them, the shadows who know what it means to break a tie for their mere interests of maintaining its name, the House to which they belong fiercely for decades, and the danger of losing the purity, the kingship of his being a race high triggers the repair plan, the project unique and unanimous to put an end to this total waste of time, in this stupid love story.

And then the girl’s family Capri decides to move it away from her man, from Vesuvius did not expect this setback, this coward, and feels the sadness and despair montargli him act as his lady companion, and all that was beautiful and wonderful you abruptly turns into a nightmare that will reach its climax in the escape of the beautiful Capri from what he believed was a noble family not only in name but also in spirit.

But unfortunately, his attempt to escape to return from his Vesuvius, does not open the right, he does not look the danger that it will experience, in fact, the waves swallow, because it Capri had fled at night without looking back, only tenacious and had climbed on a small boat, just to reach Vesuvius his beloved, sweet and only love, without calculating anything. instinct was driving, but it was an instinctive full of fear and love, looking for a hug strong and confident un’stinto of fire and passion. And so ‘it disappeared, the waves on the night before they got up to snatch the beautiful nymph, now are calm, they are resting, and the wind blowing delicate and light brings the sad message of death that comes to the sources of the young Vesuvius He informed that the huge tragedy falls into despair, and the fire and the passion that burned in the heart are being pushed out of his body, and surging in a dance of madness and death he explodes, to become land and rise to the sky, puffing and spitting tongues of fire from his mouth, but subsiding only at the moment when you realize that in front of him and the beautiful young nymph smiles because it too is out of the blue waters, and smiling at her Vesuvius these subsides, because finally the tormented love story that was experiencing has reached the point of stillness and then now is just to live forever escaping the time and distances.

Bad English from here http://www.tournapoli.it/lamore-eterno-vesuvio-capri/

Herðubreið (Female)

Herðubreið is a rare subglacial volcano (also named ‘Tuya). Those kind of volcanoes form during ice ages and in cold regions such as Antartica. They’re similar to submarine volcanoes in their shape. On their top the volcanoes take the form they should have had if they formed on normal lands, usually shield or stratovolcanoes. Herðubreið on the top appears to be both a shield and a stratovolcano, and her VEI might have been 3. Today is most likely extinct. Her name does means ‘Broad Shouldered’ and is regarded, by locals ‘the Queen of Icelandic Mountain’.

Mayon (Female)

Mayon is a perfect shaped volcano in Philippines and is regarded among the most beautiful volcanoes in the world. Unfortunartely is also among the most violent volcanoes in the world, and the most active. Mayon is a pure stratovolcano, with a VEI of 4

According to the myth, Daragang Magayon was a beautiful princess who attracted men from various different tribes - including one Iriga chieftain called Pagtuga.

Pagtuga courted Magayon and her father with excessive gifts but Magayon’s heart belonged to someone else - Panganoron, son of a tribe leader in the Tagalog region.

The two met when Panganoron saved Magayon from drowning in a river one rainy night and as time passed, the two fell in love.

Hearing of their romanced, Pagtuga captured Magayon’s father Makusog, threatening to kill him if she refused to be his bride.

When Panganoron learned of what was happening, he and his armies started a war with Pagtuga.

The Iriga chieftain was slain in the bloody battle and Magayon rushed to her lover’s side to celebrate when a stray arrow hit him in the back and killed him.

Beside herself with grief, Magayon took the knife from Panganoron’s side and shouted Panganoron’s name before killing herself.

Her father Makusog buried the lovers together and whole years passed before the Ibalon people noticed the grave rise, spewing red-hot boulders from its crater preceded by quakes as it formed into the Mayon mountain we see today.

My note: Most volcanoes are tragic…

Tyatya (Male)

Also known as Chachadake, or Chacha, is one of the most beautiful and peculiar volcanoes in the world, but also among the most poisonous, so people avoid to ive there, especially after the latest eruption. Tyatya Is a perfect symmetrical stratovolcano, with an horyzontal flat caldera. In the exact center of the caldera, a perfect symmetrical cinder cone has grown. His VEI is 5

In the language of the Ainu, the indigenous inhabitants of the island, the volcano was called Chacha-Napuri, or Father Mountain. The Japanese named it Tyatya-Yama, from which the Russian name Tyatya.

Tyatya is one of the symbols of Kunashir. Local people consider it the most beautiful volcano, and its image, which can be seen everywhere in these parts, is the unofficial symbol of the Kuril Islands.

Tyatya’s most recent eruption was recorded in 1981

Death Volcano from Legend of Zelda is clearly inspired to Mount Tyatya.

Santorini (Female)

Named also St. Irini, or Kalliste, or Thera, or Nea Kameni, Santorini is an unusually explosive shield volcano with a VEI of 7. Normally explosive volcanoes evolve into stratovolcanoes, and according to some studies, Santorini used to be both a shield and a stratovolcano before the eruption. But I doubt this, as Nea Kamenei, the new volcanic formation, is also a shield, and the remains of Santorini are too round shaped to be the ones of a half stratovolcano (such as Tambora or Etna). Santorini is about of the same age as Etna.

According to legend, Atlantis was based on Santorini before the latest VEI 7 eruption.

Amiata (Female)

Amiata is an ancient stratovolcano in Tuscany. Despite being dormant for 200k years, it is not exinct yet and it can come back to erupt someday, even if there are no signals. It’s squished form is caused by erosion and long dormancy, it is not a shield. Like Etna, Amiata is called ‘Mother’. Amiata is a VEI-4 volcano.

There are lots of gendered Volcano around, but those are the most easy to find about.

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Diario di bordo: quinto giorno

Per anni, per me Ferragosto non è stato altro che il compleanno di mia nonna. Ogni anno, da che ne ho memoria, ero con lei, sempre, sperduta in mezzo ai monti. Poi, con l'avvento del Mulino, Ferragosto è diventata l'unica festa comandata che abbiamo cercato di passare insieme. Due anni fa, tra la Toscana e casa, a vedere i fuochi; mentre l'anno scorso siamo stati in un angolo di paradiso fino a sera, per completare la giornata con i soliti fuochi cittadini. Due anni in cui Ferragosto per me significava restare abbracciati a guardare il cielo schiarirsi a ritmo di musica. Non più: abbiamo spezzato le tradizioni. Dopo una notte insonne, un risveglio lacrimoso e una doccia fredda di ricordi, siamo andati a mangiare fuori. Il Capo della spedizione conosce i miei punti deboli: oltre ai mulini a vento, amo anche il buon cibo. La trattoria dove ci ha portato, a Gallina, mi ha rubato il cuore. Gnocchi con sugo di funghi e tartufo, ravioli di spinaci con ragù di carne, salsiccia con patate e pancetta... non potevo essere più felice. Al tutto, bisogna aggiungere che uno dei miei compagni di viaggio aveva sentito dei suoi amici: erano ai Bagni San Filippo. Non ci eravamo stati, due anni fa, ed ero molto curiosa. Le aspettative sono state ampiamente soddisfatte non appena ho visto la rocca calcarea svettare sulla folla. La Balena Bianca, così si chiamava, era talmente imponente da far invidia a qualunque montagna. Gli sarebbe piaciuto molto. Gli altri erano entusiasti di vederci, tanto da contagiare anche me nella loro euforia, tanto da farmi dimenticare momentaneamente il Mulino. Con loro abbiamo deciso di scalare la Vetta Amiata, anche se poi ci hanno abbandonato per la stanchezza. Senza la loro euforia, mi è ripiombato addosso il nostro ricordo dell'Amiata. La mia crisi di panico, il mio pianto disperato, il Mulino che era troppo avanti perché io lo vedessi... non sarei stata codarda un'altra volta. Ho promesso che sarei stata più coraggiosa, l'ho promesso tanto a lui quanto a me stessa, e non potevo rimangiarmi la parola, non dopo aver scalato il Teide. Quindi, con il vestito che entrambi amiamo, quello che avevo quando siamo stati a cena fuori tra i girasoli, con quell'abito ho scalato una ventina di rocce. Ne valeva assolutamente la pena: dalla cima della montagna si godeva della vista più bella in assoluto, per non parlare delle sfumature leggermente dorate che aveva il cielo, tinto di un blu commovente. L'ho fatto da sola, più per lui che per me, ma non volevo diventasse un altro rimpianto. Dopo la corsa per scendere dall'Amiata, abbiamo mangiato a Chianciano Terme, in una hamburgeria. Sarebbe stato tutto perfetto, se non fosse che i miei amici conoscono il Mulino da tutta la vita, e avevano voglia di raccontare le loro gesta eroiche delle superiori che, volenti o nolenti, comprendono anche lui. L'anno scorso mi disse che, anche se non ero in grado di fargli male fisicamente, ogni tanto gli facevo male al cuore. Mi sono resa conto solo ora che lui, però, è stato in grado di fare entrambe le cose. Spero che il vostro Ferragosto sia stato migliore del mio. 🌼

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