It is called a tallow.
Animal fat was commonly used to make soap and candles.
coconut butter
tallow
You think probable to beeswax.
No. Not all candles are made of wax. A candle can be made of soap, oil, fat.
They used grease and or fat with a whick to make candles. That is the simplest answer.
whales
yes they did it was used for light or heat made from fat animal fat
Soap in the 13 original Colonies was made of animal fat and lye. The lye and the animal fat were boiled in water and then allowed to cool in bars. Fat was sometimes skimmed off the top to make candles during this process.
well before, we used to hunt them for their oil and blubber (thick layer of skin)
when an animal is getting buried first its skin is burnt and later the cholesterol and the oils present in the animal body was collected and this is used as an ingredient to make the candles as the oil fires the oil present in the cholesterol burns this fat or dis oils can also be used as candles.
Inside soap, there are certain fatty acids that allow it to take apart the chemical components of fat. This allows it to easily separate fat from other non-fatty substances. Soap will get rid of only the fat and not anything else.