Salamanders in folklore
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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 al
A salamander unharmed in the fire (Bestiary, 14th century)
Salamander in a copy of Dioscurides―Vienna ms. 6th cent.
A salamandra in a tub. ―MS Bern 318 (Latin Physiologus), fol. 17v
Salamander depicted in bestiary (detail)―MS Harley 3244, fol. 63r. c. 1236.
Undine
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Undines are a category of elemental beings associated with water, stemming from the alchemical writings of Paracelsus. Later writers developed the undine into a water nymph in its own right, and it co
Salamanders in folklore
…elemental spirits in human form). Salamanders due to their fiery environs cannot interact with humans as other elements may be able to do, so, whereas the undine/nymph can marry a human and will seek to do so, to gain an immortal soul, it is rare for other elements to marry humans, though they may develop a bond…
Baden Undine Kurpark
Undine A novella
Les Ondines by Antoine Calbet, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Cambrai
Undine Rising from the Waters by Chauncey Bradley Ives at Yale's Art Gallery