Sentence examples for hearth fire from inspiring English sources

They fought the wolves for the hearth fire".

He also was regarded as the guardian of the hearth fire (e.g., in Africa and Rome).

But the song is "Home," and the roar in question belongs more to a hearth fire than to a beast.

The domestic rites were observed by the householder himself or with the help of a single priest and were performed over the domestic hearth fire.

"The ceramic clay pot mixed with the smoke from the hearth fire together add to the food a rich flavor that is slightly earthy and smoked".

Modernism has sent up its pyrotechnics, but stories and scenes still fuel the hearth fire, and Turner is a storyteller and scene-setter.

Maybe it was the cold weather, he surmised, watching smoke from lit hearth fires rise above the buildings.

And we are especially happy that, from the ghastly height of the future, he could look down and see the smoke of hearth fires kindled by Tibetan peasants.

At the climax of the ceremony, priests ignited a new sacred fire on the breast of a sacrificial victim, from which the people rekindled their hearth fires and began feasting.

At the climax of the ceremony, priests ignited a new sacred fire on the breast of a sacrificial victim, from which the rest of the people rekindled their hearth fires; the people then began feasting.

People set bonfires on hilltops for relighting their hearth fires for the winter and to frighten away evil spirits, and they sometimes wore masks and other disguises to avoid being recognized by the ghosts thought to be present.