This is a list of deities in

fire worship Worship or deification of fire (also pyrodulia, pyrolatry or pyrolatria), or fire rituals, religious rituals centred on a fire, are known from various religions. Fire has been an important part of homo, human culture since the Lower Paleolithic. ...

African mythology

Bantu mythology

Nyambe Nyambe is the name used in various Bantu-speaking cultures to refer to the Supreme Being, the Creator of the universe, and the source of all life. He is often described as all-powerful, all-knowing, and above all. While different African cultu ...

, 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 In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet ( or Sachmis , from ; ) is a warrior goddess as well as goddess of medicine. Sekhmet is also a solar deity, sometimes given the epithet "the Eye of Ra, eye of Ra". She is often associated with the goddesses Hatho ...

, 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 Wadjet (; "Green One"), known to the Greek world as Uto (; ) or Buto (; ) among other renderings including Wedjat, Uadjet, and Udjo, was originally the ancient Egyptian Tutelary deity, local goddess of the city of Dep or Buto in Lower Egypt, ...

, the protective serpent goddess who sends fire to burn her enemies

Yoruba mythology

Ogun Ogun or Ogoun ( Yoruba: Ògún, Edo: Ògún, Portuguese: Ogum, Gu; also spelled Oggun or Ogou; known as Ogún or Ogum in Latin America) is a Yoruba Orisha that is adopted in several African religions. Ògún is a warrior and a powerful spi ...

, fire god and patron of blacksmiths, iron, warfare, metal tools *

Ọya Ọya ( Yorùbá: ''Ọya'', also known as Oyá or Oiá; Yàńsàn-án or Yansã; and Iansá, Iansã, or Iansan in Latin America) is an Orisha of winds, lightning, and violent storms. As a river deity she is also regarded as a deity of children, ...

, goddess of fire, wind, transforms into buffalo, fertility *

Shango Shango (Yoruba language: Ṣàngó, also known as Changó or Xangô in Latin America; as Jakuta or Badé; and as Ṣangó in Trinidad Orisha) is an Orisha (or spirit) in Yoruba religion. Genealogically speaking, Shango is a royal ancestor of th ...

, 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 Kamuy-huci (カムイフチ, ''Kamui Fuchi'') is the Ainu ''kamuy'' (''goddess'') of the hearth. Her full name is Apemerukoyan-mat Unamerukoyan-mat (''Rising Fire Sparks Woman/ Rising Cinder Sparks Woman''), and she is also known as Iresu Kamuy (' ...

, goddess of the fire

Chinese mythology

Zhurong Zhurong (), also known as Chongli (), is an important personage in Chinese mythology and Chinese folk religion. According to the ''Huainanzi'' and the philosophical texts of Mozi and his followers, Zhurong is a god of fire and of the south. The ...

(Huoshen, God of Fire) * Huilu (Huoshen, Goddess of Fire) * Yandi (Huozhu, Accident of Fire) *

Shennong Shennong ( zh, c=神農, p=Shénnóng), variously translated as "Divine Farmer" or "Divine Husbandman", born , was a mythological Chinese ruler known as the first Yan Emperor who has become a deity in Chinese and Vietnamese folk religion. H ...

(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 *

Bathala In the indigenous religion of the ancient Tagalogs, Bathalà/Maykapál was the transcendent Supreme God, the originator and ruler of the universe. He is commonly known and referred to in the modern era as Bathalà, a term or title which, in ...

: 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 *Mangkukulam: a Tagalog divinity who pretends to be a doctor and emits fire *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; the god of good *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 *Makilum-sa-bagidan: the Bisaya god of fire *Laon: (meaning "the ancient one"),From

Visayan Visayans ( Cebuano: ''mga Bisayà'' ) are a Philippine ethnolinguistic family group or metaethnicity native to the Visayas, to the southernmost islands south of Luzon, and to a significant portion of Mindanao. They are composed of numerous di ...

meaning "ancient" or "old." associated with fire, destruction, creation, agriculture, Laons domain is usually identified with the volcano

Kanlaon Kanlaon, also known as Mount Kanlaon and Kanlaon Volcano (; ; ), is an active andesitic stratovolcano and the highest mountain on the island of Negros in the Philippines, as well as the highest peak in the Visayas, with an elevation of above ...

Literally "

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of Laon" of the island of

Negros Negros (, , ) is the fourth largest and third most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of . The coastal zone of the southern part of Negros is identified as a site of highest marine biodiversity importance in the Coral Tr ...

, the highest peak in the

Visayas Islands The Visayas ( ), or the Visayan Islands ( Visayan: ''Kabisay-an'', ; Filipino: ''Kabisayaan'' ), are one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao. Located in the central part of the arch ...

. *Lalahon: the Bisaya goddess of fire, volcanoes, and the harvest; Lalahon the fire-breathing goddess of Mount Canlaon who could be invoked for good crops but who sent out swarms of locusts if angered *Gunung: a Bisaya deity of volcanoes *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 *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 *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 *Cumucul: the T'boli son of the supreme deities; has a cohort of fire, a sword and shield; married to Boi’Kafil *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

Hindu mythology

Agneya Agneyi (Sanskrit: आग्नेयी, IAST Āgneyī, 'Daughter of Agni') is mentioned in the '' Harivamsha'' and the ''Vishnu Purana'' as the wife of Ūru (a descendant of Angiras) and the mother of the kings Anga, Sumanas, Khyati, Kratu, and Si ...

, daughter of Agni and guardian of the south-east *

Agni Agni ( ) is the Deva (Hinduism), Hindu god of fire. As the Guardians of the directions#Aṣṭa-Dikpāla ("Guardians of Eight Directions"), guardian deity of the southeast direction, he is typically found in southeast corners of Hindu temples. ...

, god of fire, messengers, and purification * Ilā, goddess of speech and nourishment invoked during the

agni-hotra Agnihotra (IAST: ''Agnihotra'', Devnagari: अग्निहोत्र) refers to the yajna of offering ghee into the sacred fire as per strict rites, and may include twice-daily heated milk offering made by those in the Śrauta tradition. Th ...

ceremony *

Makara Jyothi Makara Jyothi is the celestial star Sirius that can be seen above the secret fire lit event of Makaravilakku conducted by Travancore Devasom Board at ponnambalamedu near Sabarimala Temple in Kerala on Makara Sankranti every year with the ...

, a star revered on a festival *

Svaha Svaha (Sanskrit: स्वाहा, IAST: Svāhā) is a Sanskrit term in Indian religions which refers to a goddess and also to a kind of incantation used in mantras and rituals. In Hinduism, Svaha, also referred to as Manyanti, is the Hindu ...

, goddess wife of

Jwala Ji Jwala ( Pahari: जवाला जी, , ) is a Hindu goddess. The physical manifestation of Jwala is typically a set of eternal flames. The Hindu temple Jwala/jawala(flame) or Jwala Mukhi (a person with a face glowing like fire) is mentioned ...

, goddess wife of

Mangala Mangala (, IAST: ) is the personification, as well as the name for the planet Mars, in Hindu literature. Also known as Lohita (), he is the deity of anger, aggression, as well as war. According to Vaishnavism, he is the son of Bhumi, the eart ...

* Jyoti, goddess younger sister of

Kartikeya Kartikeya (/Sanskrit phonology, kɑɾt̪ɪkejə/; ), also known as Skanda (Sanskrit phonology, /skən̪d̪ə/), Subrahmanya (/Sanskrit phonology, sʊbɾəɦməɲjə/, /ɕʊ-/), Shanmukha (Sanskrit phonology, /ɕɑnmʊkʰə/) and Murugan ...

Khanty mythology

* Nay-Angki - goddess of fire.

Korean mythology

Jowangsin Jowangshin (in Hangul, ''조왕신'', in hanja, 竈王神) is the goddess of fire and the hearth in Korean shamanism. As the goddess of the hearth, the rituals dedicated to her were generally kept alive by housewives. She is no longer the subject o ...

, goddess of the hearth fires

Japanese mythology

Amaterasu , often called Amaterasu () for short, also known as and , is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology. Often considered the chief deity (''kami'') of the Shinto pantheon, she is also portrayed in Japan's earliest literary texts, the () ...

, goddess of the sun * Kagu-tsuchi (kami), blacksmith god of fire whose birth burned his mother

Izanami , formally referred to with the honorific , is the creator deity of both creation and death in Japanese mythology, as well as the Shinto mother goddess. She and her brother-husband Izanagi are the last of the seven generations of primordial ...

to death *

Kōjin Kōjin, also known as , is the Japanese ''kami'' (''god'') of fire, the hearth and the kitchen. He is sometimes called Kamado-gami ( 竃神), literally ''the god of the stove''. He represents violent forces that are turned toward the betterment ...

, god of fire, hearth, and the kitchen *

Konohanasakuya-hime Konohanasakuya-hime is the goddess of Mount Fuji and all volcanoes in Japanese mythology; she is also the blossom-princess and symbol of delicate earthly life. She is often considered an avatar of Japanese life, especially since her symbol is th ...

, 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 Atar, Ahtra, Atash, Azar () or ''Dāštāɣni'',, s.v. ''agni-.'' is the Zoroastrian concept of holy fire, sometimes described in abstract terms as "burning and unburning fire" or "visible and invisible fire" (Mirza, 1987:389). It is conside ...

, 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 Od iyesi (Tatar: ''Ут Иясе'' or ''Ut İyäse''; Chuvash: ''Вут Ийӗ''; Sakha: ''Уот Иччи'') is the Turkic and Mongolic spirit or deity of fire. In Turkic languages, Od (or Ot) means fire, and iye is the familiar spirit of a ...

, familiar spirits who protect fires * Ut, Siberian goddess of the hearth * Vut-Ami, Chuvash goddess of fires.

Vietnamese mythology

Ông Táo Ông Táo (翁灶) also known as Táo Quân (灶君, Mandarin Táo), Táo Vương (灶王), Thần Bếp (神灶), Vua Bếp (𢂜灶) or the Kitchen god is regarded in Vietnamese culture as the advocate of the Vietnamese family with the gods and ...

, 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

* 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 I Verbti () is an Albanian adjectival noun meaning "the blind one", which was used in northern Albanian folk beliefs to refer to the god of fire and wind in the Zadrima region, and to the thunderstorm god in Dukagjin and the Malësia e Vogël; ...

, "the blind one", adjectival noun also used for the fire and wind god *

Nëna e Vatrës Nëna e Vatrës or Nana e Votrës ("The Mother of the Hearth") is an Albanian mythological figure, the protector of the hearth (), associated with the household fire worship, the cult of the ancestor and family life. She is sometimes regarded as ...

, "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 (

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...

ian) 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 Brigid or Brigit ( , ; meaning 'exalted one'),Campbell, MikBehind the Name.See also Xavier Delamarre, ''brigantion / brigant-'', in ''Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise'' (Éditions Errance, 2003) pp. 87–88: "Le nom de la sainte irlandaise ''B ...

, Irish goddess of fire, poetry, arts, and crafts *

Grannus Grannus (also ''Granus'', '' Mogounus,'' and ''Amarcolitanus'') was a Celtic deity of classical antiquity. He was regularly identified with Apollo as Apollo Grannus and frequently worshipped in conjunction with Sirona, and sometimes with Mars and ...

, 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 Śuri (), Latinized as , was an ancient Etruscan infernal, volcanic and solar fire god, also venerated by other Italic peoples – among them Capenates, Faliscans, Latins and Sabines – and later adopted into ancient Roman religion. He ...

, fire god and chthonic light god, with powers over health and plague

Greek mythology

Helios In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Helios (; ; Homeric Greek: ) is the god who personification, personifies the Sun. His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") an ...

, god and personification of the Sun *

Hephaestus Hephaestus ( , ; wikt:Hephaestus#Alternative forms, eight spellings; ) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes.Walter Burkert, ''Greek Religion'' 1985: III.2. ...

, god of blacksmiths, crafting, fire, and volcanoes, Roman form Vulcan *

Hestia In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hestia (; ) is the virgin goddess of the hearth and the home. In myth, she is the firstborn child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and one of the Twelve Olympians. In Greek mythology, newborn Hestia, alo ...

, goddess of the hearth and its fires, Roman form Vesta *

Apollo Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, mu ...

, god of the Sun, healing, prophecy, and writing

Lithuanian mythology

* Dimstipatis, protector of the house, housewives, and the hearth against fire outbreaks *

Gabija Gabija (also known as Gabieta, Gabeta) is the spirit of the fire in Lithuanian mythology. She is the protector of home and family. Her name is derived from ''gaubti'' (to cover, to protect) or from St. Agatha (, Gafiya). Gabija is only mentione ...

, protective goddess of the hearth and the household *

Jagaubis The list of Lithuanian gods is based on scarce written sources and late folklore. Many of them were outright invented. Lithuania converted to Christianity in 1387, but elements of Lithuanian mythology survived into the 19th century. The earlies ...

, 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 Glöð ("glad" or "glowing embers"; sometimes anglicized as Glod or Glut) is a legendary queen consort, queen who figures in the Norse ''Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar''. She is a daughter of Grímr of Grímsgarðr in Jötunheimr and his wife Alvö ...

jötunn A (also jotun; plural ; in the normalised scholarly spelling of Old Norse, ; or, in Old English, , plural ) is a type of being in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, are often contrasted with gods (the Æsir and Vanir) and with other no ...

who is the wife of Logi and who rules with him * Logi, jötunn who personifies fire *

Surtr In Norse mythology, Surtr (Old Norse "black"Orchard (1997:154). or more narrowly "swart",Simek (2007:303–304) Surtur in modern Icelandic language, Icelandic), also sometimes written Surt in English, is a jötunn; he is the greatest of the fire ...

, 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 In Greek and Roman mythology, Cacus (, derived from κακός, meaning bad) was a fire-breathing giant and the son of Vulcan (Plutarch called him son of Hephaestus). He was killed by Hercules after terrorizing the Aventine Hill before the foun ...

, god who was the fire-breathing giant son of Vulcan, and who might have been worshipped in ancient times *

Fornax Fornax () is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, partly ringed by the celestial river Eridanus (constellation), Eridanus. Its name is Latin for furnace. It was named by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756. Forna ...

, 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

. * Vulcan, god of crafting and fire, Roman form of

Sicilian mythology

* Adranus, god formerly worshipped in Adranus, near

Mount Etna Mount Etna, or simply Etna ( or ; , or ; ; or ), is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina, Italy, Messina and Catania. It is located above the Conve ...

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 Svarog is a Slavic god who may be associated with fire and blacksmithing and who was once interpreted as a sky god on the basis of an etymology rejected by modern scholarship. He is mentioned in only one source, the ''Primary Chronicle'', which ...

, 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 Anat (, ), Anatu, classically Anath (; ''ʿnt''; ''ʿĂnāṯ''; ; ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:ꜥntjt, ꜥntjt'') was a goddess associated with warfare and hunting, best known from the Ugaritic texts. Most researchers assume tha ...

Shapash Shapshu (Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎔𐎌 ''špš'', "sun") or Shapsh, and also Shamshu, was a Canaanite sun goddess. She also served as the royal messenger of the high god El, her probable father. Her most common epithets in the Ugaritic corpus are ''nrt ...

, goddess of the sun

Hittite mythology

* Arinitti, sun goddess of the city of

Arinna Arinna was the major cult center of the Hittite sun-goddess known as dUTU URU''Arinna'' or " Sun-Goddess of Arinna", who is also sometimes identified as ''Arinniti'' or as ''Wuru(n)šemu''. Arinna was located near Hattusa, the Hittite capital. ...

, and the goddess of hearth fires, temple flames, and chthonic fires in later times.HITTITE MYTHOLOGY: THE TOP DEITIES
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Mesopotamian mythology

Girra Gibil (), also known under the Akkadian name Girra, was a Mesopotamian god associated with fire, both in its positive and negative aspects. He also played a role in ritual purification. Textual sources indicate his symbol was a torch, though no ...

, god of fire in Akkadian and Babylonian records * Gibil, skilled god of fire and smithing in Sumerian records *

Ishum Ishum (Išum; possibly the masculine form of Akkadian ''išātum'', "fire") was a Mesopotamian god of Akkadian origin. He is best attested as a divine night watchman, tasked with protecting houses at night, but he was also associated with vari ...

, god of fire who was the brother of the sun god

Shamash Shamash (Akkadian language, Akkadian: ''šamaš''), also known as Utu (Sumerian language, Sumerian: dutu "Sun") was the List of Mesopotamian deities, ancient Mesopotamian Solar deity, sun god. He was believed to see everything that happened in t ...

, and an attendant of Erra * Nusku, god of heavenly and earthly fire and light, and patron of the arts *

, ancient Mesopotamian Sun god

Native American mythology

Aztec mythology

* Chantico, goddess of the hearth fires and volcanoes *

Mixcoatl Mixcoatl (, from mixtli "cloud" and cōātl "serpent"), or Camaxtle or Camaxtli, was the god of the hunt and identified with the Milky Way, the stars, and the heavens in several Mesoamerican cultures. He was the patron deity of the Otomi peopl ...

, hunting god who introduced fire to humanity *

Xiuhtecuhtli In Aztec mythology, Xiuhtēcuhtli ("Turquoise Lord" or "Lord of Fire"), was the god of fire, day and heat. In historical sources he is called by many names, which reflect his varied aspects and dwellings in the three parts of the cosmos. He was ...

, 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 Huracán (; ; , "one legged"), often referred to as ''U Kʼux Kaj'', the "Heart of Sky", is a Kʼicheʼ Maya god of wind, storm, fire and one of the creator deities who participated in all three attempts at creating humanity. He also caused th ...

, fire god of storms and wind who created and destroyed humanity *

Jacawitz Jacawitz () (also spelt Jakawitz, Jakawits, Qʼaqʼawits and Hacavitz) was a mountain god of the Postclassic Kʼicheʼ Maya of highland Guatemala. He was the patron of the Ajaw Kʼicheʼ lineage and was a companion of the sun god Tohil. It i ...

, fire god who was a companion of the sun god

Tohil Tohil (, also spelled Tojil) is the Maya god of fire. He is a deity of the Kʼicheʼ Maya in the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. At the time of the Spanish Conquest, Tohil was the patron god of the Kʼicheʼ. He was included in the Tol ...

Navajo mythology

* Black God, frail stellar fire god who introduced the fire drill to humanity

Purépecha mythology

Curicaueri Curicaueri (Purépecha: Kurhikuaeri'','' "the Great Fire" or "the Great Bonfire) is a deity in Purépecha, Purépechan Culture. He was considered the List of fire deities, God of Fire, the Sun and oldest deity of the Purépecha, it is thought that ...

, 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 Auahitūroa is a Māori god, the son of Tama-nui-te-rā, personification of comets, and the origin of fire Fire is the rapid oxidation of a fuel in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reacti ...

, god of fire and comets and husband of Mahuika * Mahuea, goddess of fire *

Mahuika Mahuika is a Māori fire deity and consort of the god Auahitūroa. Myths In some versions, she is the younger sister of Hine-nui-te-pō, goddess of death. It was from her that Māui (in some versions he is her grandson) obtained the secre ...

, goddess of fire who was tricked into revealing to her grandson

Māui Māui or Maui is the great culture hero and trickster in Polynesian mythology. Very rarely was Māui actually worshipped, being less of a deity ( demigod) and more of a folk hero. His origins vary from culture to culture, but many of his main expl ...

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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