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IRISH SALAMANDER (FIRE ELEMENTAL)
Salamanders are the spiritual beings who
inhabit and control the element Fire. It is through their
activities that fire exists. There are many family branches of
salamanders, each differing in size and appearance. In folklore they were ruled over by a magnificent flaming
king who was called Djin. Salamanders are
the strongest and most powerful of all the elementals. They
have the ability to extend or diminish their size as needed.
They are mischievous spirits, who like children don't fully
understand the results of their actions, which can affect
the thoughts and actions of people around them.
Salamanders are thought to move about
most freely at night and if you are ever lucky enough to see
them, they would appear as small balls of light drifting
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Old-time sailors often saw them investigating the sails of their
ships while sailing at sea, and the term “St. Elmo’s Fire” was
coined to refer to such phenomenon. On land they are mostly
perceived as small lizard-like flames about a foot or more in
length.
Salamanders can have a profound
effect upon human nature. Linked through the heat with which we
maintain are bodily temperatures, they can influence our emotions
and general temperament. When someone is called a hothead, or is
referred to as hot-blooded, these are terms referring to their
elemental nature.
Fire is traditionally assigned to the South, towards
the equator (Northern Hemisphere). The Goddesses Brigid,
Hestia, Pele and the God’s Mars and Vulcan,
among others, are associated with Fire.
Fire is destructive, strong, protective, courageous and trustful.
She heats as
fire
She lights as flame
And burns as love
Both your flesh and your heart
She wants to love him
but can only burn him
and so hurt herself
And so she only watches
from the fires of their hearts
Anonymous, Fire Elemental
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