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Gods/Goddesses/Demigods * Agni - Hindu fire god. various guises. red man with many arms and legs riding a ram. face covered in butter. hair awry, many tooth and tongued, belching and emitting light. His fire comes in constructive and destructive forms. (ME.140) * 'AI-LÁ'AU- Hawaiian fire god (before volcano goddess pele) (DPoly.4) * Bast - Egyptian cat headed goddess of fire, sister of Sekhmet.(DM.233) * Hina-nui-te-'ara'ara - hawaiian goddess invoked by Tahitian fire walkers (DPoly.67) * Kane-i-kaulana-'ula - one of the Hawaiian sorcery gods, bnished to island, made trees where there had been none. Red is his sacred color, and he appears as a flaming fireball in heaven sometimes. (DPoly.104) * Ke-ua-a-ke-po - Hawaiian "Rain of fire". Brother to Pele. (DPoly.113) * Kuru-mehameha - Tuamotuan god of Fire (DPoly.128) * Ma fui'e - Samoan god of fire, or the earthquake god. The secret of making fire was wrestled from him by a culture hero. He lived in the underworld, where he shook the ground to obtain food from mortals.(DPoly.146) * Mahuika - New Zealand - Maori fire goddess. Maui obtained fire secret from her. In a different story, Mahu-ika is the firegod in the underworld, and is the grandfather of Maui. (DPoly.148) * Mahuike - Tuamotuan fire god (DPoly.148) * Matuku - New Zealand - Maori fire god, but evil. He wanted to be the ruler of the world. He battled with a great wave of water, fled, and was saved by 2 humans. He taught them fire making. (DPoly.165) * Na-maka-o-kaha'i - Hawaii - older sister of Pele. She had supernatural forms of a fire, a cliff, and a sea - had the abilities to fly, resurrect bodies after being cut to pieces, and reducing others to ash by turning up her skirt. (DPoly.181) * Nathaniel - Jewish lore, the lord over the element of fire. (ANGEL.21) * Pele - Hawaiian volcano goddess. She is the most famous. Many short stories of her vengeance on those who offend her. (DPoly.207,208) * Pere - Tahitian fire goddess (her counterpart is Pele) - her hair is light auburn, resembling fine glossy threads of lava blown out of volcanos by the wind. (DPoly.209) * Sekhmet - lion headed egyptian goddess of fire. wife of Ptah, mother of Imhotep. her sisters were Bast (also fire) (DM.233) * Tama-'ehu - Tahitian fire god, brother of Pele. Also the god of Salamanders. (DPoly.256) * Tamatea - Tahiti, NewZealand - brother to Tama-'ehu and colleague of Pere (Pele) (DPoly.257) * Tejas - hindu element of fire, also possibly name for deity. (WDS.7) * Tuí Tokelau - Tokelau islands - resides in the sky. Thunder/lightning appears when he does, fire is sacred to him. Cannibal god, snares the spirits of mortals at night. (DPoly.295) * Vahine-nui-tahu-ra'i - Tahitian goddess protecting fire walkers from being burned. lightning comes at her bidding. (DPoly.317) * Vulcan - Roman god of fire - then became like Hephaestus, an artificer. (DM.271) * Xiuhtecuhtli - Ancient mexico - fire god and lord of volcanos. Often depicted in clay insense burners. possible consort to spider woman (MEX.55, 101) Creatures/Beings/People * Adramelechk - king of fire. one of 2 throne angels mentioned in Milton's "Paradise Lost" In Demonography, the 8th of 10 archdemons, and as a minister and chancellor o fthe order of the fly, an infernal order founded by Beelzebub (in Rabbinic literature) he manifests as a mule or peacock. In different sources, he has been mentioned as a samarian god. (sacrificed children of sepharvite colony) pictured as a horse. Seen as idol of assyrians and of fallen angels, overthrown by Uriel and Raphael. (ANGEL.11) * Ardarel - angel of fire in occult lore. (ANGEL.21) * Atar - zoroastrian angel of fire and chief of rank of angels known as Yazatas (Angel.21) * Atuniel - Angel whos name means "furnace" in Rabinic angelology. (ANGEL.21) * Bennu - see phoenix * Jehoel or Jehuel - principal angel of fire according to 'Berith Memcha" a 17th cent. cabalist text. (ANGEL.21) * Madiel - angel of fire in (sergei prokofiev's oper l'ange de feu) appears before 16th century visionary in the form of a german knight. (ANGEL.21) * Phoenix - Greek name for the Egyptian bird "Bennu" - symbol of the rising sun. Only one of its kind. Life span of 500 years at a time. Puts self on funeral pyre and out of its ashes grow a new phoenix. (DM.215) * Prometheus - Greek culture hero - stole fire for man, among other deeds. as punishment, he was chained (by zeus) on a rock while a vulture perpetually tore out his liver. (DM.221) * Salamander - medieval elemental spirit for Fire (WDS.7) * Seraph - 'fiery serpent' - on eof the angels with dominion over fire. (ANGEL.21) * Surtr - Norse Fire giant, ruling over Muspellheim. Will lead his followers against the gods, and eventually consume the world in fire. (DM.178) * Uriel - the angel that is the "Fire of God" regent of the sun and flame of god. Stands guard at the gate of lost eden with a fiery sword. (ANGEL.21) * Yazatas - a rank of angels. The chief being "Atar", the angel of fire. (ANGEL.21) Places, Geographical Elements * Muspellheim - the world of fire in Norse mythology. (WDS.71) Symbols and Objects * Circle (open and empty) - trad symbol meaning 'no weight' (WDS.7) * Eyes of Fire - Hel in Nordic Tradition. The goddess's eyes saw truth. (WDS.50) (see earth and underworld) * Heart - the part of the body representing fire is the vital heart. (extended to medieval Europe medicine - elemental humors) (WDS.7) * Triangle - (upwards, red) - Hindu Tattvas (one way to identify the elements) - Fire is a red triangle. "Tejas" (also deity name) (WDS.106) * Wand - tarot deck suit representing fire (WDS.7) Other Concepts * cremation - the fire elemental ways to dispose of the dead is by cremation. (WDS.7) * Male - fire is a male element (WDS.7) * RA - In Kali's hand, the sound "Ra" is fire. (WDS.7) |