Every Agni Kai viewed in the series always had at least one witness present. This resembles the real life duels of Western culture between the 11th and 20th Centuries, where a "Second" (or witness) must be present to ensure that the rules are followed and also to witness and testify that the victor won a fair fight. Should this wiki article speculate about the possible requirement for an Agni Kai to have a witness? 132.159.218.62 19:06, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
- Mentioning that all Agni Kai had witnesses is ok, but saying they're required isn't. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 21:22, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
Add to etymology[]
Agni can also relate to the Slavic words - Ogoni', Ognie, etc.) - which also mean fire;
Kai can also be a form of - Kaiat' - which mean to blame, or - Kaiati'sea - to regret, to apologyze, etc.
So Agni Kai could be translated as Fire Apology/ Fire Punishment from Slav languages...Fekyu (wall • contribs) 20:04, December 12, 2014 (UTC)
Male Combatants[]
"Each combatant (if male) fights with a bare torso." This can be taken 2 ways, as #1: Both opponents in an Agni Kai must be male in order for them to take off their shirts and stuff, or #2: Even when against a female opponent, any male opponent must remove his torso layers.
Which would you choose as their culture?Mistystar31 (wall • contribs) 03:27, August 3, 2015 (UTC)
- I don't really see how the wording there could suggest anything other than male combatants fight with a bare torso regardless of the gender of their opponent. The wording only references the singular combatant rather than the two combatants. HAMMEROFTHØR (wall) • 21:30, August 3, 2015 (UTC)
- The other, first reason came from the former parentheses before the page was edited; although it references a singular combatant rather than 2 combatants, it is possible to think of the statement as "If each combatant is male in the Agni Kai, they both fight their opponent with a bare torso." But yes, the 2nd reason seems more correct. I also got the first reason from the duel between Zuko and Azula during the comet's power, and Zuko kept his upper body clothes on, regardless of not having proper clothes on.Mistystar31 (wall • contribs) 04:52, August 4, 2015 (UTC)
Inspiration[]
apparently agni kai may be inspired on the hindu religious festival known as agni keli. worth putting it on the wiki. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elessal (wall • contribs) 03:20, April 23, 2017 (UTC)
- That depends on whether or not you have a source for that. Lady Lostris / SOAP 13:26, April 23, 2017 (UTC)
- That's not the source I mean: for your claim to be true (your claim being that "apparently agni kay may be inspired on the hindu religious festival known as agni keli") there needs to be an official source related to the show to say as much. Just a random google search explaining what said Hindu festival is, is not such a source. Lady Lostris / SOAP 20:51, April 23, 2017 (UTC)
- I just gave a good piece of information that is too obviously true for it to be put in the trivia section making it clear that is still a supposition. I am not saying to treat it as absolute true but as a really likely possibility. if you or whoever takes care of this wiki only cares for official info that is not my problem. I already did my part as a fan.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Elessal (wall • contribs) 14:31, April 30, 2017 (UTC)
The result of Zuko & Azula's Agni Kai[]
The description of an Agni Kai states that an Agni Kai is won only when one opponent burns the other. However, the description of Zuko & Azula's Agni Kai in "Known duels" doesn't mention that Zuko burned Azula. It happened before Azula shot lightning at Katara. Instead it states that Zuko effectively defeated her after Katara's victory. Should the description be changed to show that Zuko won the Agni Kai when he burned her with his sweet break-dance move? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhoso7 (wall • contribs) 03:03, 26 April 2021 (UTC)