fire-worship
Sacred flame devotion
Fire-worship is the veneration of fire as sacred or divine, practiced in various ancient religions and most notably in Zoroastrianism, where fire represents truth and righteousness.
The term often appears in anthropological or historical contexts: Fire-worship was central to Persian religious practice.
A fire-worshipper is one who practices it.
Formal event marking occasions
- altarSacred ritual table
- offeringsThings presented or given
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
prayers · sacrifice · chanting · devotion · pyre · libation · consecration · ablution
Intense burning fire
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- kindleStart a blaze
spark · glow · flicker · burn · smolder · torch · hearth · conflagration
Ancient dualistic Persian religion
- MagiEastern priests, biblical visitors
- AgniVedic flame deity
- VestaGoddess of hearth
- eternal flameContinuously burning memorial light
Removal of contaminants
- transformationThorough change in form
- divine lightSupernatural sacred glow
- illuminationProvision of light
- renewalMaking current again
destruction · rebirth · immortality · cleansing · ascension · life force · warmth · enlightenment
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
incense · prayers · sacrifice · chanting · devotion · pyre · libation · consecration · ablution · invocation
blaze
Intense burning fire
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- ignitionStarting combustion process
kindle · spark · glow · flicker · burn · smolder · torch · hearth · conflagration · flare
Zoroastrianism
Ancient dualistic Persian religion
purification
Removal of contaminants
- transformationThorough change in form
- divine lightSupernatural sacred glow
- illuminationProvision of light
renewal · destruction · rebirth · immortality · cleansing · ascension · life force · warmth · enlightenment · eternal
fire-worshipmonotheism
Belief in one god
iconoclasm · atheism · irreligion · secularism · materialism
fire-worshippyrophobia
Morbid dread of flames
fire suppression · fire prevention · quenching · dousing · firefighting
fire, fires, fired, firing, fireman, fireplace, firework, fireworks, firefighter