M. Kounavine, as set forth by Dr. A. ElysseefF {Gypsy-Lore Journal,

July, 1890), gives a Russian gypsy incantation by which the fire is invoked to cure illness. It is as follows : —
" Great Fire, my defender and protector, son of the celestial fire, equal of the sun who cleanses the earth of foulness, deliver this man from the evil sickness that torments him night and day ! "
The fire is also invoked to punish, or as an ordeal, e.g. : —
" Fire, who punishest the evil-doer, who hatest falsehood, who scorchest the impure,
thou destroyest ofFenders ; thy flame devoureth the earth. Devour if he says what
is not true, if he thinks a lie, and if he acts deceitfully."
These are pronounced by the gypsy sorcerer facing the burning hearth. There is another in which fire is addressed as Jandra, and also invoked to punish an offender : —
"Jandra, bearer of thunderbolts, great Periani (compare Parjana, an epithet of Indra, •Slavonic Perun), bearer of lightning, slay with thy thunderbolt and burn with thy celestial fire him who dares to violate his oath."