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Need-fire

In European folklore, a need-fire (Albanian: zjarri i gjallë; German: Notfeuer, Old High German: nodfyr, Scottish Gaelic: tein'-éigin, Russian: Живой огонь) is a fire kindled by friction, which is lit in a ritual and used as protective magic against murrain (infectious diseases affecting cattle), plague and witchcraft. It was a tradition in parts of…

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Need-fire

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an outbreak of plague or cattle diseaseinstance ofand by Albanians until the 20th century.A need-fire would usually be lit when there was an epidemic0.80text

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