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{{quote|'''Tribesman:''' Quixiquoddal, the Volcano God is angry. We must appease his wrath!
'''Fr. Ted:''' Volcano God! What kind of nonsense is that? I'll ask you one more time, will you not give Catholicism a try?
'''Tribesman:''' It wouldn't catch on. We don't agree with the Pope's line on contraception. It's the '90s for God's sake!|''[[Father Ted]]'', "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSVVHrcTacw&t=1m01s Kicking Bishop Brennan up the Arse]"}}
People who live on volcanic islands are frequently living on a ticking timebomb. When that volcano blows its stack, you never know if you're going to get a gentle, easily-avoidable stream of lava, or an apocalyptic explosion. With such explosive power on their doorstep, the natives of many of these islands figure that the volcano is home to a [[Anthropomorphic Personification|fire god]], who can be kept safely dormant through proper care and feeding.
The volcano god's favorite food? [[Virgin Sacrifice|Virgins]], of course. And if the hero or the [[Love Interest]] gets picked to take [[
How much basis in reality this trope has is debatable. The Polynesian ancestors of the Hawaiians did practice [[Human Sacrifice]] and regarded not pissing off their volcano as serious business, but at the same time they would have never sacrificed women due to their belief that females were [[Menstrual Menace|spiritually defiled]]. Either way, a volcanic caldera [[Lava Pit|filled with lava]] is sure to be [[Convection, Schmonvection|very hot]], so it might be difficult to simply toss people in the top.
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== [[Magazines]] ==
* The story of an allegedly [[Real Life]] human sacrifice to a volcano god is told in the article [http://armstrongsperry.com/magazinework/world_mag_05-23-1926.shtml "Cast Alive into the Molten Heart of a Volcano",] by Armstrong Sperry, printed in ''World Magazine'', May 23, 1926.
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** The maiden's brother wanted to take her place. "I can be just as chaste as any dumb girl."
* Mocked in ''[[The Far Side]]'' with two clueless tourists being carried up a mountain by natives.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', the evil Chaos Dwarfs worship Hashut, a god of volcanoes among other things. Since building a temple atop a real volcano would be problematic, they drop the sacrifices into molten iron instead.
* In ''[[Tiki Mountain]]'', the players race to the top of the volcano for the honor of flinging themselves in and appeasing the Angry Volcano God.
* Happens in the West of ''[[Exalted]]'', on the basis of there being actual Volcano Gods. And they are ''[[Jerkass Gods|jerks]]''.
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* In an add-on to ''[[Dragon Fable]]'' called "Archknight", {{spoiler|one of the princesses you rescue turns out to be a virgin sacrifice.}}
* The Tortage section of [[Age of Conan]] features a slight variation, where a small amount of virgin blood (rather than a sacrificed virgin) is used to keep a volcanic eruption at bay. {{spoiler|The player character replaces this blood with blood from a prostitute at one point in the story, leading to a violent eruption.}}
* In the original ''[[Might and Magic]]'', one obligatory quest involves going to a volcanic cave, solving a puzzle, and getting a key card from the Volcano God. Once there, the players find a virgin tied up as an offering. If a player kisses her, she tells him how to solve the puzzle. If the players untie her, they have to fight the Volcano God. [[That One Boss|(He's pretty tough.)]]
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Played for (grim) laughs in [http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF179-Special_Delivery.jpg this] ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]'' strip.
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', Tagon's Toughs discovered natives on a planet and leaves behind a teacher droid. Droid is sacrificed. Droid was nuclear powered...
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* Attempted on ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' and it failed. As they ask the Goddess to accept their offer of a Virgin - Johnny simply went "Virgin?" then the Volcano erupted - either he wasn't a Virgin, or the Volcano Goddess just didn't want him.
* A flashback on ''[[The Critic]]'' showed Jay Sherman and his then wife sunbathing on a tropical island on their honeymoon. He is then approached some of the island natives:
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'''Jay''' (to his wife): Did you have to tell ''everybody''?
(Next scene: Jay is tossed into the volcano, but is "rejected" via eruption.)
'''Jay''' (present day): [[Averted Trope|After that]], they had ten years of pestilence and plague! }}
* Played with in an episode of ''[[Inspector Gadget]]''. In this case it wasn't virgins, but ''pineapples''. This being a MAD ploy, however, the sacrifice consisted of bombs disguised as pineapples.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Romans sacrificed to the volcano god Vulcan
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