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Atharvan

The fire priest whom the hidden fire asks to carry the offerings in his place, and who searches the whole sea and brings the fire back (Mahabharata, Vana Parva 221).

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer · see Atharvan's web

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Angiras takes Agni's place
From the epics · as the stand-in who finds the fire in the sea (Vana 221) · 2 tellings

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The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § vana.221 Primary text (translation)