▁or ▁Monte b ello ▁in ▁Italian ▁( the ▁Italian ▁word ▁literally ▁means ▁" be aut iful ▁mountain "). ▁According ▁to ▁another ▁hypothesis , ▁the ▁term ▁Mong ib ello ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁Mul ci ber ▁( qui ▁ign em ▁mul c et , ▁" who ▁pla c ates ▁the ▁fire "), ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Latin ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁god ▁V ul can . ▁Another ▁theory ▁is ▁that ▁Mong ib ello ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁Italian ▁word ▁mon te ▁plus ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁word ▁j ab al , ▁both ▁meaning ▁" mount ain ." ▁ ▁Today , ▁the ▁name ▁Mong ib ello ▁is ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁Mount ▁Et na ▁containing ▁the ▁two ▁central ▁cr aters , ▁and ▁the ▁cr aters ▁located ▁sout heast ▁and ▁n ortheast ▁of ▁the ▁vol can ic ▁cone . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁Mong ib el ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁Arthur ian ▁Rom ance , ▁as ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁other world ▁castle ▁( or ▁real m ) ▁of ▁Morgan ▁le ▁F ay ▁and ▁her ▁half - bro ther , ▁King ▁Arthur , ▁local ised ▁at ▁Et na , ▁according ▁to ▁trad itions ▁concerning ▁them ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁stories ▁told ▁by ▁the ▁Bre ton ▁conte urs ▁who ▁accompanied ▁the ▁Norman ▁occup iers ▁of ▁Sic ily . ▁What ▁were ▁originally ▁Wel sh ▁conception s ▁concerning ▁a ▁d war f ▁king ▁of ▁a ▁parad is al , ▁C elt ic ▁under world ▁became ▁attached ▁to ▁the ▁quasi - histor ic ▁figure ▁of ▁Arthur ▁as ▁" R uler ▁of ▁the ▁Ant ip odes