1786 C. Vallancey tr. P. Jurieu in xi. 408 The Chammanim, (in which the Fire Deity [Fr. le Feu] and the Sun were worshipped, were introduced by the idolatrous Jews).
1871 E. B. Tylor II. xvi. 252 We have in this region explicit statements as to a distinct fire-deity.
2009 (Nexis) 21 Mar. 35 The son sets the pyre alight in a sacrificial offering to Agni, the sacred fire deity that carries the soul to heaven.