Salamanders

"The salamander is an amphibian of the order Urodela which once, like many real creatures, often was suppositiously ascribed fantastic and sometimes occult qualities by pre-modern authors, as in the allegorical descriptions of animals in medieval bestiaries. 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… The standard lore of the salamander as a creature enduring fire and extinguishing it was known by the Ancient Greeks, as far back as the 4th century BC… Paracelsus (1493–1541) suggested that salamanders were the elementals of fire, which has had substantial influence on the role of salamanders in the occult. Paracelsus, contrary to the prevalent belief at the time, considered salamanders to be not devils, but similar to humans, only lacking a soul…" [Salamanders in Folklore, Wikipedia]

According to Éliphas Lévi, the sovereign of the sylphs is Djin. [Lévi, Transcendental Magic, Its Doctrine and Ritual, Internet Archive, retrieved 08/04/2025]

The Hell On Earth narrator read that "Salamanders are spirits of fire, and their kingdom lies South. Sanguine in their influence, under the sign of the Lion, and the command of the trident, their sovereign is djin." The narrator successfully summoned a salamander with a ritual that included drawing a lion, kindling a flame, and waving a trident. [RB Hell (online text)].

Axenos the Elder used the Star of Sechmet to command the salamanders. [RB Sorcerer (online text)]

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