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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has the Flame of Py'tar, a white flame that is the life force of the planet it is named for.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In "The Firebending Masters", Aang realizes that, instead of being a purely destructive force like he thought, the element of fire is intrinsically linked to life and the energy that animates it.

* In ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', a person's "Power of Existence" is represented by flames - a bright flame belongs to someone with strong charisma and influence, while someone with a dim flame is generic and hard to notice. Extinguishing a flame entirely causes someone to be RetGone. This metaphor is extended with "Torches" - extinguished humans who were left with a trace of flame so that they will fade away slowly, which causes less strain on reality.

* In ''ComicBook/Gen13'', by Creator/ChrisClaremont, Ethan York is capable of summoning flames that have a variety of effects, including restoring life. He uses this power to save Hamza Rashad's life after the latter is badly burned in a car accident.
* ''ComicBook/TheTransformers'': The Marvel comics had the Matrix Flame, a fire that served as a link to the Matrix of Leadership and an alternate way to imbue new Transformer life.
* ''[[{{Creator/MarvelComics}} Marvel Comics]]'' has the Phoenix Force, a massive bird of fire regularly declaring itself "Fire and Life Incarnate" when it possesses a mortal and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity drives them off the deep end]]. It's said to be the sum total of the universe's life force reserve for future generations. Using it wantonly essentially hastens the extinction of life in the universe.

* ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'': After the Rebellion, District 6 always keeps a fire lit in the city center to honor those who died in the district fire and for Mitt, the ShellShockedVeteran Victor of the arctic arena “who could never get warm.”

-->''[[Characters/ClassicalMythologyTitans Prometheus]] steals from the gods. [[ThePhoenix A bird]] nests in the embers. [[Characters/AztecMythology Xiuhtecuhtli]] smiles at me.''

This is the main reason {{Dying Candle}}s are associated with death.

* The ''{{Franchise/MarvelUniverse}}'' has the Phoenix Force, regularly declaring itself "Fire and Life Incarnate" when it possesses a mortal and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity drives them off the deep end]]. It's said to be the sum total of the universes life force reserve for future generations. Using it wantonly essentially hastens the extinction of life in the universe.

* In ''Anime/DigimonSavers'', the use of a Digisoul is represented by energy taking the form of a pixelated flame.

* ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'': Joe uses flame as a metaphor for his life and his passion for boxing, at one point stating that his flame burns so bright it's going to leave behind not even cinders but "pure white ash". This line is given a CallBack at the end of the manga.

* ''Videogame/{{Warcraft}}'' and ''Videogame/WorldOfWarcraft'' feature a number of dragonflights, of which the Red Dragonflight is specifically guardians of life. Their queen is outright called "the Lifebinder", and their draconic BreathWeapon is of the HealItWithFire[=/=]FirePurifies kind[[note]]This is a setting where dragons breathe anything from lighting to time-infused sand depending on their charge[[/note]], and has more than once outright facilitated the growth of plants on dead surfaces.

See HealItWithFire, for fire being used to heal, FlamesOfLove for fire symbolizing love and FireOfComfort when fire is comforting.

* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': The Eternal Flame, which contains the true power the fire giant Surtur, is used by Hela to resurrect her deceased pet wolf Fenris and her army of Berserkers.

* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', In the religious Order of the Sacred Flame worships Aelfric and the flame he brought, [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyMortalsAndDemigods Prometheus]]-like, down to the mortal world to save it. The original flame still hasn't gone out, and every few years, a member of the church takes embers from it to rekindle fires at notable churches across the land. The church also teaches [[WhiteMage white magic]], so these pilgrims are more than capable of taking care of themselves- and anyone they happen to meet on their journeys.

* ''VideoGame/{{Open Sorcery}}'': BEL/S, a fire elemental bound by magic, can use her own life force to resurrect somebody if she has stored up enough fire power.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': The remnants of the quirk One For All still within All Might are described by ArchNemesis All For One as dying embers. Visually, they're represented by an image of a dying, sputtering flame which a weakened All Might is huddled over, struggling to keep it lit while he finishes his task of defeating All For One.