A देवता (demigod). There are several stories in the वेदस् regarding the birth of अग्नि (fire). Though अग्नि originating from the clouds reaches the earth as lightning it hides itself making it invisible to man. It was मातरिश्वन् who took its form from the earth and gave it to the भृगु family and made it possible for them to make it as and when it was required. (Ṛgveda) .

This मातरिश्वन् was one of the prominent sons of गरुड . [mh-5-10-14 ] Mahābhārata • Udyoga parva .