It could be said, unveiling the secrets of fire has helped human race to evolve in a rapid phase than any other living being on earth.
Fire is also considered as one of the cardinal elements, because its one of the primary elements-that creates life.
Unlike other cardinal elements such as water, air and earth, fire needs to be kindled to make use of it.
Even though historians claim that early man himself figured out how to create fire, many believe it is too advanced to learn by man himself, considering the stage of evolution the human kind was at.
They believe the secret to fire is taught by the fire spirit ‘salamander’ himself.
It should be noted that there is an amphibian by the named salamander as well.
This is a lizard like animal who takes its respective place in the animal kingdom.
The fire spirit describing in this video, is also frequently depicted as this lizard, but not always.
A “salamander” which is the fire spirit, is said to be born from the flames itself.
If a fire burns in the same place for seven consecutive days the flame will give birth to a fire spirit.
The new born fire spirit will absorb the fire flames around it and trap in it body making colorful spots on the skin.
So taking the shape of the animal salamander, is the best way to disguise themselves because the animal too has bright spots on them.
Some say the salamander initially has a humanoid shape and it has the ability to shapeshift so will be taking the lizard form if it needs to.
So it is important to note that all salamanders are not fire spirits but most of them would choose to live disguised as the lizard salamander.
In Renaissance, that is the period covering the 15th and 16th centuries the fire spirit is not depicted as a lizard but as a white bird.
Even though the bird figure was accepted during this time the lizard figure was not completely left out.
Instead lizard salamanders with star like markings are identified as the fire spirits.
Unlike dragons who only breathe fire a salamander can create and put out flames of fire.
In the early period humans had to eat everything raw and there was no way for them to escape from cold nights.
The fire spirit took pity on humans and saw their capability-to improve themselves if they have the knowledge of fire.
So the spirit gave the knowledge to humans.
Just like every other primordial element fire too can be violent and destructive.
When the spirit is gentle so does the flames.
When the spirit is violent the flames become destructive.
Wild fire is a perfect example where a salamander gets very aggressive.
Naturally the fire spirits are attracted to volcanos and so they live in active volcanos.
The salamander who emerged from the first flame is said to be living in the deepest depths of the hottest volcano.
Other than creating fire a salamander can also excrete a poisonous venom.
The venom is so powerful that it if it comes in contact with a tree regardless of the size and the number of fruits it bear the venom could poison all the fruits.
If a salamander falls into a lake and excretes the venom it could slay all who drank from it.
Greek physician “Nicander” who lived in the 2nd century BC refers to salamanders as “sorceress’ lizards”.
According to him salamanders are used to make poisonous potions.
A very powerful love potion could also be made by grinding up a salamander.
It is said both the poisonous potions and love potions will spread like fire and give certain results.
A special garment woven from salamander hair has being made in China.
This garment is completely unharmed by fire just as the fire spirit.
But for the garment to possess this ability at least one of the salamander hair used to make the garment should come from a true fire spirit.
These cloths cannot be washed with water so to clean it one has to put it into fire.
Because the garment can withstand fire all the dirt will be burned out.
The other method to protect from fire is drinking the blood of a fire spirit.
Even one drop of blood would be enough to get the protection.
The blood should be extracted before it gets mixed with the poisonous the fire spirit produce.
Anyone who drinks the blood will not be harmed by even the hottest flames and could walk through fire just as the spirit.
Regardless of being deadly the sight of a salamander is consider to bring luck.
A fire spirit is said to appear to indicate all the dreams one has will be come true.
The person will be blessed with all the beautiful aspects of fire such as warmth, courage, peace and much more.
The fire spirit could also be summoned to a house.
Because the spirit favors fire one needs to makes sure to have a continuous flame.
The spirit could even be summoned by a flame just as small as the flame of a candle as long as it burns long enough till the fire spirit arrives.
When the flame is lit you might see sudden sparks.
These sparks indicate that the fire spirit has arrived to your home.
The spirit will remain as long as the flame does so if you want to keep the spirit in your home you need to make sure that the flame never dies out.
But there are some who believes the fire spirit is purely just a myth.
As for them the connection of the amphibian and the fire spirit probably originated from a behavior common to many species of salamander.
That is hibernating in and under rotting logs.
When these logs was brought indoors and put on the fire the salamander inside wakes up from its sleep and walks out of the fire.
This occurrence has been viewed as the salamander creating the fire and walking out of it.
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