List of fire deities

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Agni, the Hindu deity of fire Agni 18th century miniature.jpg
Agni, the Hindu deity of fire

This is a list of deities in fire worship .

African mythology

Bantu mythology

Egyptian mythology

Yoruba mythology

Akan mythology

Asian mythology

Ainu mythology

Chinese mythology

Filipino mythology

Hindu mythology

Khanty mythology

Korean mythology

Japanese mythology

Mongolian mythology

Nivkhi mythology

Persian mythology

Taiwanese mythology

Turkic mythology

Vietnamese mythology

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. Albanian tattoo patterns - Sun and Fire symbols.png
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.

Basque mythology

Caucasian mythology

Celtic mythology

Etruscan mythology

Greek mythology

Lithuanian mythology

Norse mythology

Ossetian mythology

Roman mythology

Sicilian mythology

Slavic mythology

Middle Eastern mythology

Canaanite mythology

Hittite mythology

Mesopotamian mythology

Native American mythology

Aztec mythology

Huichol mythology

Mayan mythology

Purépecha mythology

Quechua mythology

Oceanian mythology

Fijian mythology

Hawaiian mythology

Māori mythology

Samoan mythology

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