Fire Dieties
Fire Dieties - the next strand of my research (Nov 2017) .... just looking at this initial list of Fire dieties (it's not complete) brings home how important fire is and was across all traditions.... (see more on wikipedia -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fire_gods)
Egyptian mythology
Ra, fire god of the sun, light, warmth, and growth
Sekhmet, protective lioness goddess of the sun and fire
Wadjet, the protective serpent goddess who sends fire to burn her enemies
Yoruba mythology
Ogun, fire god and patron of blacksmiths, iron, warfare, metal tools
Oya, goddess of fire, wind, transforms into buffalo, fertility
Shango, fire god of thunder and fire, considered the storm-god
Asian mythology
Chinese mythology
Kitchen God, goddess and god of fire who reports any household's actions to heaven
Zhurong, god of fire and the south
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[1][2][3]
Makara Jyothi, a star revered on a festival
Mātariśvan, god of fire associated with Agni
Korean mythology
Jowangsin, goddess of the hearth fires
Japanese mythology
Amaterasu, goddess of the sun
Kagu-tsuchi, blacksmith god of fire whose birth burned his mother Izanami to death
Kōjin, god of fire, hearth, and the kitchen
Mongolian mythology
Arshi Tengri, god of fire associated with shamanic rituals
Odqan, red god of fire who rides on a brown goat
Odqan Falaqan Eke -In the Mongolian myths Odqan Falaqan, the Fire Mother, had flint for mother, rock-iron for father and elm for kindling wood as her red son. In all the versions, alllusions are made only to striking steel with stone, never to making fire by friction of wood (see more here ) - this makes sense as Fire Steels would have been the main method during Mongol empire.
Yal-un Eke, mother goddess of fire who is Odqan's counterpart
Nivkhi mythology
Turgmam, goddess of fire
Philippine mythology
Gugurang, Bicolano god of fire and volcanoes who lives inside Mayon Volcano which erupts whenever he's enraged
Lalahon, Visayan goddess/diwata of fire, volcanoes and harvest
Turkic mythology
Alaz, god of fire
Od Iyesi, familiar spirits who protect fires
Ut, Siberian goddess of the hearth
Vut-Ami, Chuvash goddess of fire
European mythology
Basque mythology
Eate, god of fire and storms
Caucasian mythology
Alpan, Lezghin (Dagestanian) goddess of fire
Uorsar, Adyghe goddess of the hearth
Wine Gwasche, Circassian goddess who protects the hearth
Celtic mythology
Belenus, bright god of the sun and health who rides his chariot in the sky
Brigit, Irish goddess of fire, poetry, arts, and crafts
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
Georgian mythology
Kamar, fire goddess who was killed by Amirani
Greek mythology
Hephaestus, god of blacksmiths, crafting, fire, and volcanoes.
Hestia, goddess of the hearth and its fires.
Khanty mythology
Ney-Anki, goddess of fire
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
Glöð, fire jotunn goddess who is the wife of Logi and who rules with him
Logi, fire jotunn god who personifies fire
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
Svarožič, the god of the earthly fire
Middle Eastern mythology
Canaanite mythology
Ishat, Phoenician fire and drought goddess slain by Anat[4]
Moloch, Ammonite god who is worshipped with sacrifices of human children
Shapash, goddess of the sun
Hittite mythology
Arinitti, sun goddess of the city of Arinna, and the goddess of hearth fires, temple flames, and chthonic fires in later times.[5]
Mesopotamian mythology
Gerra, god of fire in Akkadian and Babylonian records
Gibil, skilled god of fire and smithing in Sumerian records
Ishum, god of fire who was the brother of the sun god Shamash, and an attendant of Erra
Nusku, god of heavenly and earthly fire and light, and patron of the arts
Native American mythology
Aztec mythology
Chantico, goddess of the hearth fires and volcanoes
Coatlicue, mother serpent goddess of snakes and childbirth
Mixcoatl, hunting god who introduced fire to humanity
Tonatiuh, god of the sun and ruler of heaven
Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire, day, heat, volcanoes, food in famine, the year, turquoise, the Aztec emperors, and the afterlife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiuhtecuhtli
Huehueteotl , old Aztec god of hearths, fire,life (https://lirenligne.net/oeuvre-a-decouvrir/LilurxJGDY3Qg/IND_04_Winning.pdf)
Brazilian mythology
Iansã, goddess of fire and wind
Huichol mythology
Tatewari, fire god of shamans
Mayan mythology
Huracán, fire god of storms and wind who created and destroyed humanity
Jacawitz, fire god who was a companion of the sun god Tohil
Navajo mythology
Black God, frail stellar fire god who introduced the fire drill to humanity
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 Maui the knowledge of fire
Ngā Mānawa, five fire gods who are sons of Auahitūroa and Mahuika