List of fire deities

This is a list of deities in fire worship.

African mythology

Bantu mythology

Nyambe, god of the sun, fire and change
Nzambia, NZambi, Zambia a Kikongo Mpungu|Nzambi Mpungu, 1st half or other side of God, considered the Chief Creation Deity in Palo Mayombe and it’s various branches also known as Ramas in the Marawa dialect.

Lukankazi, Lungambe, Kadiempembe, a Kikongo Mpungu|Lukankazi Mpungu, the other half or opposite side of God, considered the Chief Destruction Deity in Palo Mayombe and it’s various branches also known as Ramas in the Marawa dialect.

Egyptian mythology

Ra, fire god of the sun, light, warmth, and growth
Sekhmet, protective lioness goddess of war, along with some elements of disease and curing of disease. Sometimes referenced in relation to the sun and its power, so possibly had to do with upkeep of the sun at times and fire
Wadjet, the protective serpent goddess who sends fire to burn her enemies

Yoruba mythology

Ogun, fire god and patron of blacksmiths, iron, warfare, metal tools
Ọya, goddess of fire, wind, transforms into buffalo, fertility
Shango, god of thunder and fire, considered the storm-god
Aggayu, god of volcanoes, magma, sunlight, and heat

Akan mythology

Pokukrom, god of fire, which is worshiped for its cleansing and transformative qualities
Fietena Afua, goddess of the hearth, the home, cooking, and domestic activities.
Amoja, giver of fire and innovation, protector of humanity
Atɛntenenee, goddess of the sun, fire, justice, vigilance, and rams.
Nebibia, god of the scorched earth, fire, war, the dead, causer of crop infertility and enemy of Bia
Netea, goddess of fires, pottery, ceramic, patron deity of ceramic workers, wife of Nebibia.

Asian mythology

Ainu mythology

Kamuy-huci, goddess of the fire

Chinese mythology

Zhurong (Huoshen, God of Fire)
Huilu (Huoshen, Goddess of Fire)
Yandi (Huozhu, Accident of Fire)
Shennong (Huozhu, Accident of Fire)
Hua Guang Da Di
Ebo (Huozheng, Primary Fire)
Yùyōu (Huoqi, Energy of Fire)
Bǐngdīngwèi Sīhuǒ Dàshén
Yǐwǔwèi Sīhuǒ Dàdì
Nánfāng Chìjīng Dìjūn

Filipino mythology

Rirryaw Añitu: Ivatan place spirit Añitus who played music and sang inside a cave in Sabtang, while lighting up fire; believed to have change residences after they were disturbed by a man^[1]
Bathala: the Tagalog supreme god and creator deity, also known as Bathala Maykapal, Lumilikha, and Abba; an enormous being with control over thunder, lightning, flood, fire, thunder, and earthquakes; presides over lesser deities and uses spirits to intercede between divinities and mortals^[2]^[3]
Mangkukulam: a Tagalog divinity who pretends to be a doctor and emits fire^[4]
Gugurang: the Bicolano supreme god; causes the pit of Mayon volcano to rumble when he is displeased; cut Mt. Malinao in hald with a thunderbolt;^[5] the god of good^[6]
Unnamed God: a Bicolano sun god who fell in love with the mortal, Rosa; refused to light the world until his father consented to their marriage; he afterwards visited Rosa, but forgetting to remove his powers over fire, he accidentally burned Rosa's whole village until nothing but hot springs remained^[7]
Makilum-sa-bagidan: the Bisaya god of fire^[8]
Lalahon: the Bisaya goddess of fire, volcanoes, and the harvest;^[9] also referred as Laon^[10]
Gunung: a Bisaya deity of volcanoes^[11]
Taliyakud: the chief Tagbanwa god of the underworld who tends a fire between two tree trunks; asks the souls of the dead questions, where the soul's louse acts as the conscience that answers the questions truthfully; if the soul is wicked, it is pitched and burned, but if it is good, it passes on to a happier place with abundant food^[12]
Diwata: general term for Tagbanwa deities; they created the first man made from earth and gave him the elements of fire, the flint-like stones, iron, and tinder, as well as rice and most importantly, rice-wine, which humans could use to call the deities and the spirits of their dead^[13]
Unnamed Gods: the Bagobo gods whose fires create smoke that becomes the white clouds, while the sun creates yellow clouds that make the colors of the rainbow^[14]
Cumucul: the T'boli son of the supreme deities; has a cohort of fire, a sword and shield; married to Boi’Kafil^[15]
Segoyong: the Teduray guardians of the classes of natural phenomena; punishes humans to do not show respect and steal their wards; many of them specialize in a class, which can be water, trees, grasses, caves behind waterfalls, land caves, snakes, fire, nunuk trees, deers, and pigs^[16]

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^[17]^[18]
Makara Jyothi, a star revered on a festival
Svaha, goddess wife of Agni
Jwala Ji, goddess wife of Mangala^[19]
Jyoti, goddess younger sister of Kartikeya

Khanty mythology

Nay-Angki - goddess of fire.

Korean mythology

Jowangsin, goddess of the hearth fires

Japanese mythology

Amaterasu, goddess of the sun
Kagu-tsuchi (kami), blacksmith god of fire whose birth burned his mother Izanami to death
Kōjin, god of fire, hearth, and the kitchen
Konohanasakuya-hime, goddess of volcanoes

Mongolian mythology

Arshi Tenger, 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

Persian mythology

Atar, yazata of fire in Persian mythology and Zoroastrianism

Taiwanese mythology

Komod Pazik, Sakizaya god of fire
Icep Kanasaw, Sakizaya goddess of fire

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.

Vietnamese mythology

Ông Táo, god of stove and fire
Bà Hỏa, goddess of fire
Quang Hoa Mã Nguyên Súy, god of preventing fire-related accidents
Nam Phương Xích Đế, fire god

European mythology

Albanian mythology

Sun (Dielli) and Fire (Zjarri) symbols in Albanian traditional tattoo patterns (19th century). The cross (also swastika in some tattoos) is the Albanian traditional way to represent the deified Fire – Zjarri, evidently also called with the theonym Enji.

Enji, Zjarri, fire god: releaser of light and heat with the power to ward off darkness and evil, affect cosmic phenomena, and give strength to the Sun, and sustainer of the continuity between life and afterlife and between the generations
I Verbti, "the blind one", adjectival noun also used for the fire and wind god
Nëna e Vatrës, "the Mother of the Hearth", protector of the hearth
Gjarpri e Vatrës, "the Serpent of the Hearth", protector of the hearth

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 earth
Wine Gwasche, Circassian goddess who protects the hearth

Celtic mythology

Aed, Irish god whose name means "fire"
Brigit, Irish goddess of fire, poetry, arts, and crafts
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
Śuri, fire god and chthonic light god, with powers over health and plague

Greek mythology

Helios, god and personification of the Sun
Hephaestus, god of blacksmiths, crafting, fire, and volcanoes, Roman form Vulcan
Hestia, goddess of the hearth and its fires
Prometheus, god of fire, is credited with the creation of humanity from clay, and who defies the gods by stealing fire and giving it to humanity as civilization
Apollo, god of the Sun, healing, prophecy, and writing

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, jötunn who is the wife of Logi and who rules with him
Logi, jötunn who personifies fire
Surtr, jötunn king who ruled the volcanic powers of the underworld and will cover the Earth in fire during Ragnarök

Ossetian mythology

Safa, god of the hearth chain
Mariel, Fire goddess

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
Sol, personification and god of the Sun
Stata Mater, goddess who stops fires
Vesta, goddess of the hearth and its fire, Roman form of Hestia.
Vulcan, god of crafting and fire, Roman form of Hephaestus

Sicilian mythology

Adranus, god formerly worshipped in Adranus, near Mount Etna

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^[20]
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.^[21]

Mesopotamian mythology

Girra, 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
Shamash, ancient Mesopotamian Sun god

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

Huichol mythology

Tatewari, fire god of shamans

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

Navajo mythology

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
Mama Nina, Her name means "Mother of fire" in quechua, she's the goddess of fire, light and volcanoes

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.

References

^ Hornedo, F. H. (1980). Philippine Studies Vol. 28, No. 1: The World and The Ways of the Ivatan Añitu. Ateneo de Manila University.
^ Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
^ Ramos-Shahani, L., Mangahas, Fe., Romero-Llaguno, J. (2006). Centennial Crossings: Readings on Babaylan Feminism in the Philippines. C & E Publishing.
^ Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
^ Vibal, H. (1923). Asuang Steals Fire from Gugurang. Ethnography of The Bikol People, ii.
^ Tiongson, N. G., Barrios, J. (1994). CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art: Peoples of the Philippines. Cultural Center of the Philippines.
^ Buenabora, N. P. (1975). Pag-aaral at Pagsalin sa Pilipino ng mga Kaalamang-Bayan ng Bikol at ang Kahalagahan ng mga Ito sa Pagtuturo ng Pilipino sa Bagong Lipunan. National Teacher's College.
^ Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
^ Ongsotto, Rebecca R., Ongsotto, Renna R., Ongsotto, R. M. (2005). The Study of Philippine History. Rex Book Store, Inc.
^ Ouano-Savellon, R. (2014). Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society Vol. 42, No. 3/4: Aginid Bayok Sa Atong Tawarik: Archaic Cebuano and Historicity in a Folk Narrative. University of San Carlos Publications.
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[1] Hornedo, F. H. (1980). Philippine Studies Vol. 28, No. 1: The World and The Ways of the Ivatan Añitu. Ateneo de Manila University.

[2] Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.

[3] Ramos-Shahani, L., Mangahas, Fe., Romero-Llaguno, J. (2006). Centennial Crossings: Readings on Babaylan Feminism in the Philippines. C & E Publishing.

[4] Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.

[5] Vibal, H. (1923). Asuang Steals Fire from Gugurang. Ethnography of The Bikol People, ii.

[6] Tiongson, N. G., Barrios, J. (1994). CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art: Peoples of the Philippines. Cultural Center of the Philippines.

[7] Buenabora, N. P. (1975). Pag-aaral at Pagsalin sa Pilipino ng mga Kaalamang-Bayan ng Bikol at ang Kahalagahan ng mga Ito sa Pagtuturo ng Pilipino sa Bagong Lipunan. National Teacher's College.

[8] Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.

[9] Ongsotto, Rebecca R., Ongsotto, Renna R., Ongsotto, R. M. (2005). The Study of Philippine History. Rex Book Store, Inc.

[10] Ouano-Savellon, R. (2014). Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society Vol. 42, No. 3/4: Aginid Bayok Sa Atong Tawarik: Archaic Cebuano and Historicity in a Folk Narrative. University of San Carlos Publications.

[11] Ouano-Savellon, R. (2014). Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society Vol. 42, No. 3/4: Aginid Bayok Sa Atong Tawarik: Archaic Cebuano and Historicity in a Folk Narrative. University of San Carlos Publications.

[12] Fox, R. B. (1977). Tagbanua Heaven. Filipino Heritage, II.

[13] Fox, R. B. (1982). Religion and Society Among the Tagbanuas of Palawan Island, Philippines. Manila: National Museum.

[14] Benedict, L. W. (1913). Bagobo Myths. Journal of American Folklore, pp. 26 (99): 13–63.

[15] Casal, G. (1978). The T'boli Creation Myth and Religion. T'boli Art: in its Socio-Cultural Context, pp. 122–123.

[16] Wood, G. L. (1957). Philippine Sociological Review Vol. 5, No. 2: The Tiruray. Philippine Sociological Society.

[17] Smith, Brian K. (1998-01-01). Reflections on Resemblance, Ritual, and Religion. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 9788120815322.

[18] "22 FIRE GODDESSES". Kindlingarden. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 2016-04-13.

[19] "MATA JWALINI - CONSORT OF LORD MANGALA - ePoojaStore.in".

[20] "Ishat, Phoenician Goddess of Fire--fire goddess phoenicia phoenician goddess canaanite goddess canaan levantine goddess heat goddess". www.thaliatook.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13.

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