Volcanic Legends!

Volcanic Legends!

3rd grade - Girassol

​For this game..

• ​You will have questions about different volcanoes.

• ​Follow your instinct and guess the answers.

• ​Afterwards, we will get to know the real legends about those volcanoes.

• ​Remember:This is just a game and we are here to have fun!

Multiple Choice

Where is Fuji-Yama located?

• Indonesia

• Japan

• New Zealand

• Peru

Multiple Choice

There is a temple located on top of Fuji- Yama.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

People believed Fuji-yama was born from the unfinished dream of a giant who wanted to fill the Pacific.

• False

• True

​Fuji-Yama

​Fuji-Yama is a sacred mountain and is the object of real veneration. Each year, the temple located on the top of the mountain is a popular destination for people to visit. Mount Fuji is said to be the home of various deities. and there are lots of legends about it. One of them tells that the volcano was born from the unfinished dream of a giant who wanted to fill the Pacific. For a whole night, the giant filled sacks of earth to unload them into the ocean; but, seeing that his work made no progress, he ended up giving up and threw the last sacks on Japan: And then Fuji-Yama was born.

​ The next volcano is...

Multiple Choice

Where is Mount Bromo located?

• East of Java

• Tanzania

• Budapest

• Hawaii

Multiple Choice

People believe Mount Bromo is home for an old lady that lives there for more than 100 years.

• True 

• False

Multiple Choice

Nowadays, lots of people climb the volcano for religious purposes and stay there for an entire night.

• True

• False

Mount Bromo

Most Indonesian volcanoes protect deities, spirits or demons. This is the case of the Mount Bromo, east of Java. According to a legend, a couple of princes who could not have children turned to the god of the volcano offering him one of their children. The spouses had numerous babies and sacrificed their 25th child to the volcano. Nowadays, numerous pilgrims climb the volcano to gather there for an entire night, before throwing flowers, fruits, coins, and sometimes even hens and goats into the crater.

​ The next volcano is...

Multiple Choice

Where is Mount Taranaki located?

• Wyoming

• Japan

• New Zealand

• Chapada Diamantina

Multiple Choice

The legend of Mount Taranaki is actually a love story.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The legend of Mount Taranaki involves a big witch who enchanted the prince to become a volcano.

• True

• False

Mount Taranaki

In ancient times, Taranaki (today's Mount Egmont, 3 centuries asleep) and Ruapehu both fell in love with the beautiful Tongariro. A tremendous fight started, during which Ruapehu threw on the opponent the boiling water contained in the lake of his crater. Taranaki replied by throwing a shower of stones at Ruapehu which devoured them, melted them and spat them back on him. Badly wounded, Taranaki fled to the sea, digging the Wanganui valley as he passed.

That's all folks!