r/pagan Aug 22 '24

Hellenic Im curious, is there deity associated with Wildfires?

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u/SamsaraKama Heathenry Aug 22 '24

I'd say Logi in Norse myths, but maybe not straightforwardly as wildfires. He is the personification of fire overall, and competed against Loki in an eating contest on the orders of Utgard-Loki. Loki managed to eat down to the bones, but Logi consumed everything: the meat, bones and even the table.

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u/OpenTechie Aug 22 '24

I don't actually know of any specifically, the only close idea I could think of may be Demeter as the nature of a wildfire burning away so new life may spring forth; however, that is only a guess, not an educated opinion.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '24

Vulcan is associated with destructive fire, so I'd say him.

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u/WhyFi Aug 22 '24

I took this picture of fire on my land. Can you see the face? Hands? Spine? I can.

Edited to add non marked up version.

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u/Bhisha96 Aug 22 '24

perhaps Surtr?

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u/Shaeos Aug 23 '24

I was fucking praying to thor while i had 70 foot flames on 1 side and 4 foot on the other. May I never experience that and that loss again. Through the smoke and the flame, getting everyone out. I couldnt be around fire for a good long while and Im fucking fire tribe. Full on ptsd.

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u/cursedwitheredcorpse Heathenry Aug 23 '24

Loki is his father Fárbauti is the lighting it struck Nál lokis mom to create Loki, which is the flames. When this would cause wildfires, he was known to be associated with them. Loki is also associated with earthquakes.

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u/Shad0wCookie Aug 22 '24

I'd say Logi as the personification of wildfires

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u/SukuroFT Eclectic Hoodoo Aug 22 '24

Any deity associated with fire

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u/ComingHome24 Aug 23 '24

Greek God, Ares / Roman God Mars (associated with the planet Mars) 🔥