6 Incredible Ancient Legends That Are Inspired by Real Historic Events

5. Crater Lake and the Battle of the Gods

According to the Native American Klamath tribe, the Crater Lake in Oregon was once a tall mountain called Mazama. It was then inhabited by Llao, their deity of the underworld. During an epic battled with the sky god Skell, fire and brimstone flew across the skies across Mazama and the nearby Mount Shasta. Llao lost the battle and returned to the underworld. Skell then collapsed the mountain on top of him and covered it with a beautiful lake.

The myth describes a 7,700-year-old volcanic eruption. During the eruption, magma ruptured the crust of the earth, blew a hole on the ground, and left a massive crater to be filled with rainwater. According to geologists, the eruption was 40 times more powerful than the May 1980 cataclysm at Mount St. Helens.