need-fire
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
need-fire (plural need-fires)
References
- 1993 Our Troth, by Ring of Troth and other true folk, The Ring of Troth, →ISBN, page 660.
- Fire - divided into need-fire (kindled by friction - discussed under 'Waluburg's Night') and 'struck fire' (sparked by flint and steel - discussion under Thonar).
- 1998 Lina volume 2 issue 3 (Heathen Journal), Kindling in the Yuletide, Darien Hamilton.
- I built up the kindling in various stages in the base of the stove as I prepared to make my need-fire.
- 2003 The Runes of Elfland, Brian Froud & Ari Berk, Pavillion Books, →ISBN, page 51.
- When great pestilence is upon the land, old folklore tells of using a bow drill to make the need-fire, which is then used to cure cattle of their illess.