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 across the air and water.
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.
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