Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The spirit or deity supposed in some systems of religion to be the animating principle of fire; fire personified.
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Examples
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In contrast to the complacent Myra he saw her as swift and air-borne and radiant, a fire-spirit tenderly stooping to the hearth, and however pitifully he brooded on his wife, he longed to be with Tanis.
Babbit 2004
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In a private chamber the demon confessed his desire: he loved a lovely, flowing, brilliantly hued fire-spirit.
Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982
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In a private chamber the demon confessed his desire: he loved a lovely, flowing, brilliantly hued fire-spirit.
Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982
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(_Völuspa_), further evidence of his identity as a fire-spirit.
The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 L. Winifred Faraday
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In contrast to the complacent Myra he saw her as swift and air-borne and radiant, a fire-spirit tenderly stooping to the hearth, and however pitifully he brooded on his wife, he longed to be with Tanis.
Babbitt 1922
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In contrast to the complacent Myra he saw her as swift and air-borne and radiant, a fire-spirit tenderly stooping to the hearth, and however pitifully he brooded on his wife, he longed to be with Tanis.
Chapter 30 1922
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In contrast to the complacent Myra he saw her as swift and air-borne and radiant, a fire-spirit tenderly stooping to the hearth, and however pitifully he brooded on his wife, he longed to be with Tanis.
Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1918
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The man had not joined the revels of the other _voyageurs_ but sat on his feet, oriental style, gazing as intently at the flames as if spellbound by some fire-spirit.
Lords of the North 1903
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August; the Consualia on 21st and Opiconsiva on 25th both seem to suggest the operation of storing up (_condere_) the grain, and between them we find the Volcanalia, of which the object was perhaps to propitiate the fire-spirit at a time when the heat of the sun might be dangerous to the freshly-gathered crops.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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The sword you get is rusty, though; so your fire-spirit tutorial guide tells you how to extract the "ill" code from it to remake it stronger.
N-Sider.com 2009
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