Zoroastrianism

Fire and Purity

Fire represents and maintains purity, essential to Zoroastrian life.

Fire represents purity because it cannot be polluted - anything impure placed in fire is purified or consumed. Maintaining fire's purity is a religious duty; contaminating it is a serious sin.

Fire is the purest creation; keep it pure.

Zoroastrian Teaching, Purity Laws

Fire purity rules are extensively detailed in the Vendidad.

Vendidad