What are some mythical creatures associated with fire?

There are a number of gods and goddess associated with fire around the world, within each nation. Among the ancient Celts, who inhabited Britain, Scotland, Ireland and almost half of Western Europe there was an impressive pantheon of divine beings. Both Brighid and Bel were associated with the element of fire. read more

Another being associated with fire is the Ifrit, a creature appearing in some middle eastern stories, it is a malevolent type of djinn, vulgarly called genie, which is strongly associated with fire and that is usually considered as an evil being. read more

Mythical salamanders are fire elementals; that is,a creature belonging to one of the four elements; undines with water, gnomes with earth, sylphs with air and salamanders with fire. Mythical salamanders look like real life salamanders (like lizards) but are bigger and feed off and live in and breathe fire. read more

Azeban does many foolish and/or mischievous things in Abenaki folktales, but unlike animal tricksters in some other tribes, is not dangerous or malevolent. Insectivores Lavellan A Lavellan, làbh-allan, la-mhalan or la-bhallan etc. is a mythological creature from northern Scotland. read more