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The Talmud itself calls the Salamander \
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The Talmud itself calls the Salamander \\\"A creature of Fire\\\" [[http://blogs.christianpost.com/hebrew/tag/talmud-hagiga-27a/ whose blood grants immunity to fire]] and it was written in 200 AD. Almost 50 years before Paracelsus, Leonardo Da Vinci wrote \\\"The Salamander has no digestive organs, and gets no food but from the fire, in which it constantly renews its scaly skin.\\\"
TheOtherWiki has a comprehensive article showing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_(legendary_creature)#Classical.2C_medieval.2C_and_renaissance_lore just how insanely old the association between Salamanders and fire is]]
TheOtherWiki has a comprehensive article showing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_(legendary_creature)#Classical.2C_medieval.2C_and_renaissance_lore just how insanely old the association between Salamanders and fire is]]
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The Talmud itself calls the Salamander \
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The Talmud itself calls the Salamander \\\"A creature of Fire\\\" and it was written in 200 AD. Almost 50 years before Paracelsus, Leonardo Da Vinci wrote \\\"The Salamander has no digestive organs, and gets no food but from the fire, in which it constantly renews its scaly skin.\\\"
TheOtherWiki has a comprehensive article showing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_(legendary_creature)#Classical.2C_medieval.2C_and_renaissance_lore just how insanely old the association between Salamanders and fire is]]
TheOtherWiki has a comprehensive article showing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_(legendary_creature)#Classical.2C_medieval.2C_and_renaissance_lore just how insanely old the association between Salamanders and fire is]]
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Indeed. Salamanders often hibernate or nest in hollow humid log. Someone would try to light the log for warth or cooking, causing the Salamander to wake up and flee, giving birth to the myth Salamanders were born of flames. Such myths (and other) were around for a long time. Greeks and Romans believed Salamanders could put out fires by touching them.
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Indeed. Salamanders often hibernate or nest in stacks of wood. As they require humidity, and wood absorbs and provides such, it makes for ideal nesting. Someone would try to light the log for warth or cooking, causing the Salamander to wake up and flee, giving birth to the myth Salamanders were born of flames. Or so goes the theory. Myths about the Salamander and fire were around for a long time. Greeks and Romans believed Salamanders could put out fires by touching them.
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The Talmud itself calls the Salamander \
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The Talmud itself calls the Salamander \\\"A creature of Fire\\\" and it was written in 200 AD. Almost 50 years before Paracelsus, Leonardo Da Vinci wrote \\\"The Salamander has no digestive organs, and gets no food but from the fire, in which it constantly renews its scaly skin. The salamander, which renews its scaly skin in the fire,—for virtue.\\\"
TheOtherWiki has a comprehensive article showing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_(legendary_creature)#Classical.2C_medieval.2C_and_renaissance_lore just how insanely old the association between Salamanders and fire is]]
TheOtherWiki has a comprehensive article showing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_(legendary_creature)#Classical.2C_medieval.2C_and_renaissance_lore just how insanely old the association between Salamanders and fire is]]
