Why volcanoes become active and passive from the different perspectives of authors. How people have made up stories in order to understand the reasons on how volcanoes became active

Volcanoes and its Associated Folklore Volcanoes tremble, rumble, explode, and rip themselves apart destroying acres of land, millions of homes and killing thousands of people. For centuries people around the world were powerless to understand the earth's convulsions and ability to cause such horrific destruction. Looking for explanations, stories were conjured up of superhuman forces, folklore and myths as a conclusion to why this natural phenomenon occurs. Many different cultures around the world have come …

…With thanks to all those scientists, volcanologists and geologists that have spent years studying these huge mountains to find logical reasons as to why they cause such destruction, we are now able to understand the myths behind volcanoes. Bibliography Decker, Robert & Barbara. Volcanoes: Academic Version. New York : W.H. Freeman And Company, 1998. Kraftt, Maurice. Volcanoes:Fire from the Earth. New York : Harry N Abrams Inc, 1993. Prager, Ellen J. Furious Earth. New York : Mcgraw Hill, 2000.