Hekla [SEP] continent
, around 8 km.
Etymology.
In 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".
Reputation.
After the eruption of 1104, stories, 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
Russian speaking readers. It was the special publication to the 125 Anniversary of the Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, where the article "Marina Tsvetaeva in America" was written by the Dr. Uli Zislin, the Founder and Director of the "Washington Museum of Russian Poetry and Music", Sep/Oct 2017.
- 2017: ""Новый Континент"" ("New Continent"), American Literary and Art journal. The article "The path to Tsvetaeva", written by Uli Zislin, the Director of the "