List of fire gods

Agni, the Hindu deity of fire

This is a list of deities in fire worship.

African mythology

Yoruba mythology

  • Ogun, fire god and patron of blacksmiths, iron, warfare, metal tools
  • Oya, goddess of fire, wind, transforms into buffalo, fertility
  • Shango, god of thunder and fire, considered the storm-god

Egyptian mythology

  • Ra, fire god of the sun, light, warmth, and growth
  • Sekhmet, protective lioness goddess of the sun and fire
  • Wadjet, the protective serpent goddess who sends fire to burn her enemies

Asian mythology

Chinese mythology

  • Zhurong (Huoshen, God of Fire)
  • Huilu (Huoshen, God of Fire)
  • Yandi (Huozhu, Antecedent of Fire)
  • Shennong (Huozhu, Antecedent of Fire)
  • Ebo (Huozheng, Primacy Fire)
  • Yùyōu (Huoqi, Energy of Fire)
  • Bǐngdīngwèi Sīhuǒ Dàshén
  • Yǐwǔwèi Sīhuǒ Dàdì
  • Nánfāng Chìjīng Dìjūn
  • Nánfāng Chìlíng Dìjūn

Hindu mythology

  • Agneya, daughter of Agni and guardian of the south-east
  • Agni, god of fire, messengers, and purification
  • Ilā, goddess of speech and nourishment invoked during the agni-hotra ceremony[1][2]
  • Makara Jyothi, a star revered on a festival
  • Mātariśvan, god of fire associated with Agni

Khanty mythology

  • Ney-Anki - goddess of fire.

Korean mythology

Japanese mythology

Mongolian mythology

  • Arshi Tengri, god of fire associated with shamanic rituals
  • Odqan, red god of fire who rides on a brown goat
  • Yal-un Eke, mother goddess of fire who is Odqan's counterpart

Nivkhi mythology

  • Turgmam, goddess of fire

Philippine mythology

  • Gugurang, Bicolano god of volcanoes and fire who lives inside Mayon Volcano which erupts whenever he's enraged
  • Lalahon, Visayan goddess/diwata of fire, volcanoes and harvest

Turkic mythology

  • Alaz, god of fire
  • Od Iyesi, familiar spirits who protect fires
  • Ut, Siberian goddess of the hearth
  • Vut-Ami, Chuvash goddess of fires.

European mythology

Albanian mythology

Basque mythology

  • Eate, god of fire and storms

Caucasian mythology

  • Alpan, Lezghin (Dagestanian) goddess of fire
  • Kamar, Georgian fire goddess who was kidnapped by Amirani
  • Uorsar, Adyghe goddess of the hearth
  • Wine Gwasche, Circassian goddess who protects the hearth

Celtic mythology

  • Brigit, Irish goddess of fire, poetry, arts, and crafts
  • Aed, Irish god whose name means "fire"
  • Grannus, god of fire, health, water springs, and the sun
  • Nantosuelta, goddess of fire, nature, fertility, rivers and the earth

Etruscan mythology

  • Sethlans, fire god of smithing and crafts

Greek mythology

  • Hephaestus, god of blacksmiths, crafting, fire, and volcanoes.
  • Hestia, goddess of the hearth and its fires.
  • Helios, Titan personification of the Sun, drives his chariot across the sky
  • Apollo, god of prophecy, brother of Artemis, drives his chariot across the sky

Lithuanian mythology

  • Dimstipatis, protector of the house, housewives, and the hearth against fire outbreaks
  • Gabija, protective goddess of the hearth and the household
  • Jagaubis, household spirit of fire and the furnace
  • Moterų Gabija, goddess of bakeries and bread
  • Pelenų Gabija, goddess of fireplaces
  • Praurimė, goddess of the sacred fire served by her priestesses, the vaidilutės
  • Trotytojas Kibirkščių, deity of sparks and fires

Norse mythology

  • Glöð, jotunn who is the wife of Logi and who rules with him
  • Logi, jotunn who personifies fire

Ossetian mythology

  • Safa, god of the hearth chain
  • Mariel, Fire goddess of Asspics

Roman mythology

  • Caca, goddess who was Vulcan's daughter and who might have been worshipped before Vesta
  • Cacus, god who was the fire-breathing giant son of Vulcan, and who might have been worshipped in ancient times
  • Fornax, goddess of the furnace
  • Stata Mater, goddess who stops fires
  • Vesta, goddess of the hearth and its fire
  • Vulcan, god of crafting and fire

Sicilian mythology

Slavic mythology

  • Dazhbog, the regenerating god of the solar fire who rides in the sky
  • Kresnik, golden fire god who became a hero of Slovenia
  • Ognyena Maria, fire goddess who assists Perun
  • Peklenc, god of fire who rules the underworld and its wealth and who judges and punishes the wicked through earthquakes
  • Svarog, the bright god of fire, smithing, and the sun, and is sometimes considered as the creator
  • Svarožič, the god of the earthly fire

Middle Eastern mythology

Canaanite mythology

  • Ishat, Phoenician fire and drought goddess slain by Anat[3]
  • Shapash, goddess of the sun

Hittite mythology

  • Arinitti, sun goddess of the city of Arinna, and the goddess of hearth fires, temple flames, and chthonic fires in later times.[4]

Mesopotamian mythology

  • Gerra, god of fire in Akkadian and Babylonian records
  • Gibil, skilled god of fire and smithing in Sumerian records
  • Ishum, god of fire who was the brother of the sun god Shamash, and an attendant of Erra
  • Nusku, god of heavenly and earthly fire and light, and patron of the arts

Native American mythology

Aztec mythology

  • Chantico, goddess of the hearth fires and volcanoes
  • Mixcoatl, hunting god who introduced fire to humanity
  • Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire, day, heat, volcanoes, food in famine, the year, turquoise, the Aztec emperors, and the afterlife

Brazilian mythology

  • Iansã, goddess of fire and wind

Huichol mythology

Mayan mythology

  • Huracán, fire god of storms and wind who created and destroyed humanity
  • Jacawitz, fire god who was a companion of the sun god Tohil
  • Black God, frail stellar fire god who introduced the fire drill to humanity

Purépecha mythology

  • Curicaueri, the primordial fire that originates the sun. Main deity of the purépecha people of central Mexico.

Quechua mythology

  • Manqu Qhapaq, fire and sun god who founded the Inca civilization and introduced technology to humanity

Oceanian mythology

Fijian mythology

  • Gedi, fire and fertility god who taught humanity to use fire

Hawaiian mythology

  • Pele, goddess of fire, wind, and volcanoes

Māori mythology

  • Auahitūroa, god of fire and comets and husband of Mahuika
  • Mahuea, goddess of fire
  • Mahuika, goddess of fire who was tricked into revealing to her grandson Māui the knowledge of fire
  • Ngā Mānawa, five fire gods who are sons of Auahitūroa and Mahuika

Samoan mythology

  • Ti'iti'i, god of fire that brought fire to people of Samoa after a battle with the earthquake god, Mafui'e.
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References

  1. Smith, Brian K. (1998-01-01). Reflections on Resemblance, Ritual, and Religion. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 9788120815322.
  2. "22 FIRE GODDESSES". Kindlingarden. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  3. "Ishat, Phoenician Goddess of Fire--fire goddess phoenicia phoenician goddess canaanite goddess canaan levantine goddess heat goddess". www.thaliatook.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  4. HITTITE MYTHOLOGY: THE TOP DEITIES, Balladeer's Blog
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