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salamander

At Satan's Ball Margarita sees a salamander-magician who was not burning in the fireplace. In medieval lore salamanders were thought to survive fires.

See Bullfinch's Mythology

See Pseudodoxia Epidemica

See the Salamander in the Christ Myth

Another interesting connection: the fireproof salamander was the symbol of the French King François I, who was the grandfather of Marguerite de Valois and the brother of Marguerite de Navarre!