African mythology Yoruba mythology. Ogun, fire god and patron of blacksmiths, iron, warfare, metal tools; Oya, goddess of fire, wind, transforms into buffalo, fertility; Shango, god of thunder and fire, considered the storm-god; Egyptian mythology. Ra, fire god of the sun, light, warmth, and growth; Sekhmet, protective lioness goddess of war, along with some elements of disease …

The Yasna (from yazišn "worship, oblations", cognate with Sanskrit yajña), is the primary liturgical collection, named after the ceremony at which it is recited.It consists of 72 sections called the Ha-iti or Ha.The 72 threads of lamb's wool in the Kushti, the sacred thread worn by Zoroastrians, represent these sections.The central portion of the Yasna is the Gathas, the oldest and most ...