Agni
“ The Vedas describe the parents of Agni as two kindling fire sticks, whose loving action creates him. Just born, he is poetically presented as a tender baby, who needs loving attention lest he vanishes. With care, he sparks and smokes, then flames and grows stronger than his parents, finally so strong that he devours what created him “
Love the above description of Agni, perhaps the most realistic of all origin stories.
The conception of fire by humankind is clearly such a seminal event that every religion seems to have an origin story about it. With the Greeks it was Prometheus, who stole the fire from the Gods and gifted it to the Humans. He was punished by being tied to a rock, and having an eagle eat his re-generating liver, everyday.
Our own equivalent of that has to be the story of the time when Bhrigu cursed Agni, and was brought to the earth by the god Matarisvan.
https://www.britannica.com/science/fire-combustion#ref245975
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