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
Title: 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
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 921 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
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
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 921 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
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 …showed first 75 words of 921 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 921 total…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.
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