Search Results: Melusine

Melusine (pronounced Mel-ew-seen, also given as Melusina) is a legendary figure from European folklore depicted as a mermaid, sometimes with two tails, as a serpent from the waist down, or as a dragon. She is associated with the ruling houses...

Melusine's secret discovered, illustration from folio 19 of the illuminated manuscript Français 24383 of The Romance of Melusine by Jean d'Arras, 15th century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

Have you ever wondered about the mermaid with two tails on the Starbucks logo? Well, that is not just any old mermaid, but the face of Melusine, a figure that dates back to medieval Europe. Melusine is a legendary figure from European folklore...

A modern statue of Melusine by Serge Ecker in Luxembourg.

The Fair Melusine, oil on canvas painting by German artist Julius Hübner, 1844. National Museum, Poznan. The painting depicts the moment in the legend when Raymondin spies on his wife, Melusine, and discovers she is half-serpent on Saturdays...

Have you ever wondered where the mermaid myths came from? In this video, we discover the origins of some of the most well-known mermaid stories. From Starbucks to the Little Mermaid, you will be surprised to see how widespread the legends...

Dragons appear in the myths and legends of civilizations around the world from ancient times to the present day. Like the lion in ancient Mesopotamia, the dragon in some cultures (notably China) came to be associated with royalty and good...

George I of Great Britain (r. 1714-1727) succeeded the last of the Stuart monarchs, Queen Anne of Great Britain (r. 1702-1714) because he was Anne's nearest Protestant relative. The House of Hanover secured its position as the new ruling...

Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, a medieval illuminated manuscript illustration depicting the work on an agricultural estate during the month of March. In the background, Mesuline is flying in dragon form over Lusignan Castle, c. 1412-1440...

Medieval literature is defined broadly as any work written in Latin or the vernacular between c. 476-1500, including philosophy, religious treatises, legal texts, as well as works of the imagination. More narrowly, however, the term applies...