[Gabriel]

Originally posted by Melusine: Melusine is mentioned in a French legend as a mermaid with black wings and a serpent's tail. She was married to a French prince or duke called Raymond, who built her a castle called Lusignan (named after her). The sole condition which Melusine gave Raymond before the marriage was that he may never see her on Saturdays. They had a happy marriage and had many children, although some where deformed or monsters. On a certain Saturday, Raymond betrayed Melusine's trust by peering through her keyhole as she took a bath. Shocked, he saw that the lower part of her body had become that of a great serpent. Still, he kept his tongue because he loved her. But then, one of their monster children, Geoffroy, committed a cruel murder. In his rage, the prince blamed Melusine, calling her a vile serpent. With a wail, the mermaid fled the castle on raven wings. But sometimes at night, the maids of the castle said, she would return to feed her youngest children whom she missed dearly. It is said that whenever on of the descendants of the castle Lusignan dies, Melusine can still be seen flying around the castle, crying and wailing.

It also put a version tale but the lady was a dragon, then there is the tales of sea sprites,sanke women, nymphs, etc, all using that name from across europe.