Mélusine (English spelling)

Japanese: メリュジーヌ（英語表記）Mélusine

A woman with half a snake's body in a legend about the origins of an old castle in Lusignan, a town in the Poitou region in central-western France. According to legend, she was the daughter of an Albanian king and the water spirit Undine, and on Saturdays her lower body turned into a snake's. She married Raymond, the lord of Lusignan, and gave birth to 10 sons and lived happily, but when her husband broke the taboo and saw her on a Saturday, she turned into a dragon and flew away through the window. She is said to have come to breastfeed her infant child at night. It is said that she would cry out three days in advance to warn that when the lord of Lusignan was to change or misfortune would befall France.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

フランス中西部ポアトゥー地方の町リュジニャンにあった古城の起源にまつわる伝説の中の半身蛇体の女性。伝承ではアルバニアの王と水の精ウンディーネの娘で，土曜日には下半身が蛇体となる。リュジニャンの領主レーモンと結婚し10人の息子を生み幸福に暮らしていたが，夫が禁を破って土曜に姿を見てしまったので窓から竜となって飛び去った。夜に幼子に乳を与えに来ていたとされる。リュジニャンの城主が替わる時やフランスに不幸が起こる際には3日前に叫び声で警告したという。

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