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Firekeeper, the Glossary

Firekeeper or flametender describes a specific ceremonial role, common in the religious practices of a variety of cultures.^[1]

Brigid

Brigid or Brigit (meaning 'exalted one'),Campbell, Mike See also Xavier Delamarre, brigantion / brigant-, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise (Éditions Errance, 2003) pp.

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Ceremony

A ceremony is a unified ritualistic event with a purpose, usually consisting of a number of artistic components, performed on a special occasion.

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Hajji Firuz

Hāji Firuz (حاجی فیروز) or Khwāje Piruz (خواجه پیروز) is a fictional character in Iranian folklore who appears in the streets by the beginning of Nowruz.

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In Indic religions, a homa (Sanskrit: होम) or homam, also known as havan, is a fire ritual performed on special occasions by a Hindu priest usually for a homeowner ("grihastha": one possessing a home).

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Religion

Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion.

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Vestal Virgin

In ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins or Vestals (Vestālēs, singular Vestālis) were priestesses of Vesta, virgin goddess of Rome's sacred hearth and its flame.

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