Eye of Newt

Salamanders in folklore

The salamander is an amphibian of the order Urodela which once, like many real creatures, often was imagined to have fantastic and sometimes occult qualities by pre-modern authors, as in the allegorical descriptions of animals in medieval bestiaries. The legendary salamander is often depicted as a typical salamander in shape, with a lizard-like form, but is usually ascribed an affinity with fire, sometimes specifically elemental fire.

Eye

An eye is a sensory organ that allows an organism to perceive visual information. It detects light and converts it into electro-chemical impulses in neurons (neurones). It is part of an organism's visual system.

Newt

A newt is a salamander in the subfamily Pleurodelinae. The terrestrial juvenile phase is called an eft. Unlike other members of the family Salamandridae, newts are semiaquatic, alternating between aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Not all aquatic salamanders are considered newts, however. More than 100 known species of newts are found in North America, Europe, North Africa and Asia. Newts metamorphose through three distinct developmental life stages: aquatic larvae, terrestrial juvenile (eft), and adult. Adult newts have lizard-like bodies and return to the water every year to breed, otherwise living in humid, cover-rich land habitats.

eye

Noun

1. An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
2. The visual sense.

Verb

1. To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).
2. To consider.

newt

Noun

1. A small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water as an adult.

Verb

1. To turn (someone) into a newt, especially by magic.
2. To (usually temporarily) expel a user from a MUD or similar system