On the astral plane, they reportedly resemble lizards made entirely out of flame. Warhammer : Salamanders are reptilian creatures with bright orange scales that inhabit the jungles of Lustria. They can spit fireballs, and are often tamed by the Lizardmen as war animals.
They are large lizards, some of which can breathe fire, and aspiring recruits must defeat them in combat. The chapter itself makes heavy use of weapons like flame-throwers and meltaguns. Warhammer: Age of Sigmar : Aqshy, the realm of fire, was once home to Vulcatrix, the primordial Mother of Salamanders.
She was destroyed in a Mutual Kill with the god Grimnir, but her legacy lives on in the magmadroths, reptilian beasts with lava coursing through their veins.
Video Games. In AdventureQuest , the salamander is a fire-breathing creature the size of a horse. In Age of Wonders , a Salamander is a third-tier unit in the Lizardmen's roster.
It's a strong melee unit that unlike the rest of the army, is not aquatic. In-game description states that the primitive, water-dwelling Lizardmen see the occasional fire-attuned hatchling with fear and awe.
In Aquaria , Newt Blasters are large, pink newts that shoot fireballs from their tails. They also camouflage themselves when they move, throwing off Energy Form's homing attacks.
They're recurring enemies in the Energy Temple and are guaranteed to drop spicy meat, an ingredient in multiple foods that boost Naija's attacks. In The Battle of Olympus , the player gains protection from enemies' fireballs by collecting salamander skins and paying a weaponsmith to wrap his wooden shield in them.
Castlevania : A flaming salamander is a boss in a few games, and in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon it's the fire elemental card in the "DSS" system. In Chrono Cross , Salamander is the stronger of the two red elemental summons. He's apparently the Red Dragon's pet. Dark Souls II : Salamanders are enormous fire breathing lizards about the size of a horse. Unlike most depictions of salamanders, these ones also have Reality Warper abilities, as their presence can turn the environment around them into something fitting for a creature of fire.
They're encountered in a forest, but the actual area they reside in has been transformed into a rocky cavern, complete with jets of fire bursting out of the earth and lava patterns along the ground.
Disgaea 3 's remake introduced Stella Grossular to the roster. Her final skill, "Flame Hazard", has her transform into what is essentially a gigantic Salamander made of lava. Dungeon Keeper 2 has Salamanders who can breathe fire and wade through lava without taking damage. They're human-sized, bright yellow-orange, and walk on their hind legs in a T. One of the races in Evolve Idle are Salamanders, a fire breathing race that gets a bonus to smelters by never needing fuel and always having a production bonus.
The Fallout series has Fire Geckos, giant Geckos that breathe fire. They appear in Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas. Golden Sun : The first game's salamanders are small, dragonlike lizards. The sequel adds the Avimander boss and the Palette Swap enemies Macetail and Bombmander, which are bigger, stockier, and have a morningstar-like tail.
It attacks with an orange Palette Swap of the first-level Incendio spell. There's also a stronger variant called the Frost Salamander that is found in the Forbidden Forest and, oddly enough, attacks with a palette-swapped second-level Incendio spell despite also being weak against the spell line. Kirby's Epic Yarn has a common salamander enemy named Candlemander appearing in Dino Jungle that can turn into a ball of fire.
In La-Mulana , the Tower of Ruin has salamanders that can float around as flames. In Lara Croft GO , large salamanders are enemies in the game. They sleep until disturbed, but follow Lara if she wakes them. They follow exactly the same path she does, even if there's a better one — this fact can be exploited to either lure them into a trap or get them to do something useful like trigger a pressure plate. The Legend of Dragoon 's Random Encounters in Volcano Villude contain a four-legged, fire-breathing monster simple called Salamander, but it looks more like a bull dog than anything else.
The Legend of Zelda : In various games, Death Mountain is filled with fire-resistant, fire-breathing lizards called Dodongo. Other reptilian creatures, especially dragons, have been known to breathe fire. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild features four animal-themed "Divine Beasts"; Vah Rudania, the one that lives on perpetually-erupting Death Mountain , is shaped like a salamander.
There are also red Lizalfos that live in the area, breathing fire and swimming in lava pools, being the only thing in the game that can survive doing so. However, their appearance is based off chameleons in this game. Ancient peoples likely often found themselves tossing logs into the fire, only to see salamanders legging it out of there, as if being born from flame. While the legend of the fireproof salamander died with the observations of learned folks like Browne, it survives today in popular culture —and in logos, of all places.
The International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, for instance, still has a salamander sitting calmly over a flame in its logo, a hint of the days when its members used asbestos before the fiendish stuff was banned in the US the s. So hooray for progress, both in public health and our understanding of zoology.
The poor salamander never deserved such scorn, except that one I had as a kid that bit me once. Staff Writer Twitter. See my Djinn post here. Salamanders were used as symbols in heraldry representing mastery of passion passing through its fires unblemished. They represent the virtues of courage, loyalty, chastity, virginity, impartiality.
They are symbolic of Jesus, who baptised with the fire of the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary, and the devotion of Christians who keep the faith. The good fire — the passion and belief in Jesus is nourished — the bad fire, temptation and evil are overcome.
The salamander appears on the Coat of Arms of many Royal and noble families in Europe and also that of many towns, local authorities and institutions. Their exaggerated fire protective attributes encouraged many insurance companies and organisations of the past and present to include a salamander as an emblem on their Coat of Arms.
Today the salamander myth is perpetuated in popular culture. S Lewis, the Harry Potter series of stories by J. They also have roles in many video and computer games today which often make greater exaggeration and distortion of the legends, making the mythical salamander into a very different creature to the real salamander today.
This website saves cookies to your browser in order to improve your online experience and show you personalized content. Read our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy to get more information and learn how to set up your preferences. Likes Comments 1. Like Micheal A. The legendary salamander is often depicted as a typical salamander in shape, with a lizard-like form, but is usually ascribed an affinity with fire, sometimes specifically elemental fire. Salamanders have been said to be able to both create and put out flames, and in some cases are borne of fire themselves and are considered Fire Spirits.
However, in other stories they are merely fire resistant. In fairy legend salamanders are credited with having taught the first humans how to make fire. Interestingly, there are versions of their origins stating that they were created in the furnaces of glass blowers who kept their furnaces stoked for several days and nights.
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