What animal which lives in fire will burn if taken out of it? (Tegillus, now called salamander.) (Cf. B768.2.) — Mythoi

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What animal which lives in fire will burn if taken out of it? (Tegillus, now called salamander.) (Cf. B768.2.)

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Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Riddle: animal qualities.

Filed beside it

What animal which lives in sea-water will drown if taken out of it? (Gním Abraein.) What animal has one voice living and seven voices dead? (Ibis, from whose carcass musical instruments are made.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Salamander subsists on fire

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