Salmosalar

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  • Salmo salar: the Linnaean name for the Atlantic salmon (both words being related to the Latin salire, "to leap") → in FW HCE is identified not only with Finn MacCool but also with the Salmon of Knowledge which Finn eats → the life-cycle of the salmon, as salmon go back to their place of origin to die
  • Salmanasar, Shalmaneser: Shalmanu Asharid, the name of five Assyrian emperors, especially Shalmaneser V (II Kings 17ff.), who was instrumental in the downfall of Israel and the Ten Lost Tribes
  • Salmanazar: a large-sized wine bottle
  • salamander: in folklore, the salamander is impervious to fire and is born from the flames, like the phoenix