Mount Etna otherworldly associations of the great, volcanic mountain of their new home. Mediaevalist Roger Sherman Loomis quotes passages from the works of Gervase of Tilbury and Caesarius of Heisterbach (dating from the late twelfth century) featuring accounts of Arthur's returning of a lost horse which had strayed into his subterranean kingdom beneath Etna. Caesarius quotes as his authority for the story a certain canon Godescalcus of Bonn, who considered it a matter of historic fact of the time of Emperor Henry's conquest of Sicily "circa" 1194. Caesarius employs in his account the Latin phrase "in monte Gyber" ("within Etna") to describe
Etna (Disgaea) attitude and penchant for ultra-violence" for why he included her. Kotaku's Mike Fahey got a tattoo of Etna on his forearm as a result of his fandom for her. Hardcore Gamer's Lee Cooper called the original "Disgaea: Hour of Darkness" cast one of the "most likable casts of characters in SRPG history" and cited Etna (along with Laharl and Flonne) in particular. GamesRadar featured her in their list of the "top 20 overlooked game babes." They explained that this was due to her physical appearance, which resembles a sexualized 10-year-old girl. VideoGamer's Jamin Smith felt that she added a "badass"