Volcanology that Hephaestus, the god of fire, sat below the volcano Etna, forging the weapons of Zeus. The Greek word used to describe volcanoes was "etna", or "hiera", after Heracles, the son of Zeus. The Roman poet Virgil, in interpreting the Greek mythos, held that the giant Enceladus was buried beneath Etna by the goddess Athena as punishment for rebellion against the gods; the mountain's rumblings were his tormented cries, the flames his breath and the tremors his railing against the bars of his prison. Enceladus' brother Mimas was buried beneath Vesuvius by Hephaestus, and the blood of other defeated giants
How The First Helandman of God Was Maid piece is attributed to no author. The poem opens with God and Saint Peter walking "High up in Argyll, where their path lay." Peter asks The Lord "Can you not make a Highland man out of this horse turd?" With a touch of his staff God creates a Highlander from the piece of dung and asks him "Where do you want to go?" The highlander replies that he will go to the lowlands to steal livestock. When God points out to the highlander that he will be hanged for this crime the man claims to be indifferent. "I must die