List of fire gods
Agni, the Hindu deity of fire
This is a list of deities in fire worship.
African mythology
Yoruba mythology
Asian mythology
Ainu mythology
- Kamuy-huci, goddess of the hearth
Chinese mythology
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
- Mātariśvan, god of fire associated with Agni
Khanty mythology
- Ney-Anki - 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
Taiwanese mythology
- Komod Pazik, Sakizaya god of fire
- Icep Kanasaw, Sakizaya goddess of fire
European mythology
Albanian mythology
- En, god of fire
- Nëna e Vatrës, hearth goddess
- Verbt, storm god who controls fire, water and wind
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
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
- 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
Hittite mythology
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
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
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
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