salamanders
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Salamanders are one of the four categories of elementals, according to Paracelsus and his followers. They correspond to the element of fire.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 CE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Categorized as elementals by Paracelsus in the 16th century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Pygmies, Sagani, sylphide, gnomide, sea monks, Gnome, Ekendriya, Castor, Pollux, Santelmo, giant, Sirens, dwarfs, Apsaras, Fairy, gandharvas
- aspect of
- Elemental
- parent of
- will-o'-the-wisp
- child of
- Elemental
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Male nymphs (the term used instead of the Paracelsian "undine") are said to be rare, while female salamanders are rarely seen.”
#7476 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Those who live in fire, he calls salamanders, fire people, aetnans (a name that references Mount Etna), or vulcans... Will-o'-the-wisps are from the vulcans.”
#7505 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Paracelsus believed that each of the four classical elements—earth, water, air and fire—is inhabited by different categories of elemental spirits, liminal creatures that share our world: gnomes, undines, sylphs and salamanders respectively.”
#7645 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001