Tradition / Region: Romanian Mythology
Alternate Names: Fiery Man; Fire Spirit of the Mountains
Category: Spirit, Mountain dweller
The Myth
In the mountains near Pretai, people said that the Fiery Men wandered even at dusk, appearing suddenly and vanishing just as quickly.
One evening, several women gathered at the spinning room. As they opened the door, one of them mockingly called out into the dark, “Fiery man, come and kiss me!”
Hardly had they shut the door when a violent blow struck it from outside. The impact was so fierce that the wood itself was scorched, and the print of a burning hand was left branded into it.
From then on, the women believed that one of the Fiery Men had truly answered the call.
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Sources
sagen.at contributors. (n.d.). Die feurigen Männer. In sagen.at, from https://www.sagen.at/texte/sagen/rumaenien/siebenbuergen/diefeurigenmaenner.html
Interpretive Lenses
Religious Readings
- Christian Ascetic Deep Dive
Philosophical Readings
- Nietzschean Deep Dive
Psychological Readings
- Jungian Deep Dive
Esoteric Deep Dive
- Hermetic Deep Dive
Political / Social Readings
- Marxist Deep Dive