Talk:Salamander/@comment-173.209.211.132-20150327020140/@comment-25035274-20150402224748

"...not necessarily able to breath fire or set anything on fire."

There were legends giving them the ability to cause fires, Reggie. They were also attributed poisonous breath, depending on region.

Regardless of which legends you look at, the point is that they've been associated with fire for at least the last thousand years or so. So it's definitely not a fad. :-p