Editorial Reviews - Volcanism of Iceland From the Publisher Chapters: Volcanoes of Iceland, Surtsey, Hekla, Askja, Eldfell, Laki, Iceland Plume, Snæfellsjökull, Vestmannaeyjar, List of Volcanoes in Iceland, Hekla 3 Eruption, Grímsvötn, Esjan, Katla, Krafla, Kolbeinsey, Prestahnúkur, Kerið, Öræfajökull, Drangey, Eyjafjallajökull, Móðuharðindin, Mýrdalsjökull, Kerlingarfjöll, Skjaldbreiður, Jólnir, Eldgjá, Brennisteinsalda, Öskjuvatn, Kverkfjöll, Þórisjökull, Krýsuvík, Herðubreið, Hengill, Helgafell, Baula, Tindfjallajökull, Hverfjall, Ljósufjöll, Esjufjöll, Grímsnes, Borgarvirki, Trölladyngja, Bláhnjúkur, Bárðarbunga, Vatnafjöll, Torfajökull, Kollóttadyngja, Rauðhólar, Ok, Hlöðufell, Tungnafellsjökull, Thorolfsfell, Vífilsfell, Þrándarjökull, Kerio Volcano. Excerpt: Hekla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Detail of Abraham Ortelius' 1585 map of Iceland showing Hekla in eruption. The Latin text translates as "The Hekla, perpetually condemned to storms and snow, vomits stones under terrible noise." Illustration from Olaus Magnus's Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, book 2, 1555In Icelandic Hekla is the word for a short hooded cloak which may relate to the frequent cloud cover on the summit. An early Latin source refers to the mountain as Mons Casule. After the eruption of 1104, stories (which were probably spread deliberately through Europe by Cistercian monks) told that Hekla was the gateway to Hell. The Cistercian monk Herbert of Clairvaux wrote in his De Miraculis (without naming Hekla): A poem by the monk Benedeit from circa 1120 about the voyages of Saint Brendan mentions Hekla as the prison of Judas. The Flatey Book Annal wrote of the 1341 eruption that people saw lar