Cultural References
- Andrias scheuchzeri plays a major role in Karel Čapek's novel War with the Newts
- A giant salamander is in nearly every episode of Pani Poni Dash!.
- In Okayama, Japan the locals have parades and celebrate these creatures.
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“The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values, raising tradition on a pedestal. It expresses and confirms, rather than explains or questions, the sources of cultural attitudes and values.... Because myth anchors the present in the past it is a sociological charter for a future society which is an exact replica of the present one.”
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