MÉLUSINE

mālüzēnˈ or Melusinamĕlyoosēˈnä, in French legend, a fairy who changed into a serpent from the waist down every Saturday. She married a mortal, Count Raymond, said to be the ancestor of the house of Lusignan, and made him promise never to visit her on that day. When he broke his agreement and discovered her secret, she fled. The Mélusine story has many parallels in Europe and Asia.

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books on: MElusine  - 277 results

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Fictions of Identity in Medieval France
Book by Donald Maddox; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: French Literature--To 1500--History And Criticism, Identity (Psychology) In Literature
...26 1971 , 587 622; C. Lecouteux, Melusine et le Chevalier au cygne, Paris: Payot...and F. Clier-Colombani, La Fee Melusine au Moyen Age, Paris: Leopard dOr...Domestication of the Marvelous in the Melusine Romances, in Melusine, pp. 32 47...
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Venomous Woman: Fear of the Female in Literature
Book by Margaret Hallissy; Greenwood Press, 1987
Subjects: Poisoning In Literature, Women In Literature
...39 The sponsalia between Raymond and Melusine is still more problematic in incorporating...happy ascension begins when he meets Melusine. Their efficient courtship is remarkably...very embodiment of seductiveness, 42 Melusine is business-like. She proposes Christian...
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Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs: L-Z - Vol. 2
Book by Jean-Charles Seigneuret; Greenwood Press, 1988
Subjects: Literature, Comparative--Themes, Motives--Dictionaries
...dArras selects Poitou as the locale of his novel, Melusine Romance of Melusine , c. 1390 , one can find Oriental and pagan features...presents a variation of the Eros and Psyche theme. Melusine herself displays elements of the Magna Mater of...
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Automatic Woman: The Representation of Woman in Surrealism
Book by Katharine Conley; University of Nebraska Press, 1996
Subjects: Feminism In Literature, Surrealism (Literature), Women In Literature
...just finished recreating the character of Melusine for him OC 1:710 . By juxtaposing Melusine and the Medusa with her portrayal and subsequent...question, Nadia links them. Like the Medusa, Melusine was only partly human. Where the Medusa...
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The Beribboned Bomb: The Image of Woman in Male Surrealist Art
Book by Robert Belton; University of Calgary Press, 1995
Subjects: Art, Modern--20th Century, Surrealism, Women In Art
...The appearance of the mermaid-like Melusine in his novels is sufficient testimony to this fact, for Melusine was condemned to haunt the walls of her...discussion of the castle theme in Breton. On Melusine specifically, see Pascaline Mourier...
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journal articles on: MElusine  - 54 results

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Nourishing Lineage in the Earliest French Versions of the Roman De Melusine
Journal article by Catherine Leglu; Medium Aevum, Vol. 74, 2005
Subjects: Roman de Melusine (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Wet nurses--History, Wet nurses--Portrayals
...Earliest French Versions of the Roman De Melusine. by Catherine Leglu The two earliest versions of the tale of Melusine are genealogical romances that have...foundation tale, in that Coudrettes Melusine breastfeeds her sons whereas Jean dArrass...
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The Possession of Paradise: A. S. Byatt's Reinscription of Milton
Journal article by Susan E. Colon; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 53, 2003
Subjects: Byatt, A.S.--Criticism and interpretation, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Possession: A Romance (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...that is reflected in her epic The Fairy Melusine and in her late letter to Ash on his...spirituality with a feminist slant. The Fairy Melusine concerns a subject more properly in the...Concerning the mixed genres in The Fairy Melusine, Ellen Ash comments that "Its aspirations...
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"I Am My Own Riddle"- A. S. Byatt's Christabel LaMotte: Emily Dickinson and Melusina
Journal article by Nancy Chinn; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 37, 2001
Subjects: Browning, Robert--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Byatt, A.S.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Characters and characteristics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Dickinson, Emily--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Poets--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Possession: A Romance (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...mentions "a good piece by Jacques Le Goff on Melusine Defricheuse; according to the new historians...Le Goffs essay is actually entitled "Melusine: Maternelle et Defricheuse" (Le Goff, Melusine 8). In Time, Work, and Culture in the...
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Proleptic Subversion: Longing for the Middle Ages in the Late Seventeenth-Century French Fairy Tale
Journal article by Allison Stedman; The Romanic Review, Vol. 99, 2008
Subjects: Fairy Tales, Sexuality, and Gender in France, 1690-1715 (Nonfiction work)--Authorship, Fairy tales--Analysis, Nonfiction--Authorship, Seifert, Lewis C.--Works
...discrepancy in legends surrounding the fairy Melusine. Although medieval nostalgia is clearly...French Middle Ages. In the Histoire de Melusine. Tiree des Chroniques de Poitou, et...lancienne Maison de Lusignan The Story of Melusine Taken from the Chronicles of Poitou and...
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Madeline, Mermaids, and Medusas in "The Eve of St. Agnes."
Journal article by Mary Arseneau; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 33, 1997
Subjects: English literature, 1775-1837 (Romantic period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Keats, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Eve of St. Agnes (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...figures such as the mermaid, Medusa, Melusine, Duessa, and Keatss own Lamia and La...ambiguous serpent-women such as Geraldine, Melusine, Medusa, and Keatss own Lamia. As...have been familiar with the legend of Melusine, a French version of the Lamia myth...
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magazine articles on: MElusine  - 6 results

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Battle of the Bulge Dead Are Still Heroes in the Ardennes
Magazine article by Corinna Lothar; World and I, Vol. 20, February 2005
Subjects: Memorials--Personal narratives, World War II, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
...Legend has it that Count Sigefroi married Melusine, a beautiful river mermaid. The count...castle was built. Once every seven years Melusine returns, either as a serpent with a...will vanish into the rock with her. Melusine, with two tails, also appears as a...
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Edward IV and the Alchemists: Jonathan Hughes Looks at the Significance, in Alchemical Terms, of This Reign, and What the King Himself Made of Alchemical Prophecy
Magazine article by Jonathan Hughes; History Today, Vol. 52, August 2002
Subjects: Alchemy--History, Edward IV, King of England--Health aspects, Kings and rulers--Health aspects, Occult medicine--Practice, Royal houses--History, United Kingdom--History
...her mother, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, back to the legendary Melusine, the water witch regarded by alchemists as the regenerating...relatives of the Queen (seen increasingly by Warwicks faction as Melusine in her more negative guise as the water witch or serpent...
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The New Barenreiter Critical Edition of the Mendelssohn Concert Overtures
Magazine article by Robert Matthew-Walker; Musical Opinion, Vol. 127, January 2004
...in a reliable edition which brooks very little argument. Christopher Hogwoods series begins with Die schone Melusine or The Fair Melusine, an unjustly neglected work by the young master. Thankfully this superb edition includes both versions of...
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The Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Strathpeffer Spa
Magazine article by Arthur Brocklebank; Musical Opinion, Vol. 129, September 2005
...the SCO to give a radiant performance. We were finally entertained by a performance of Mendelssohns superb Overture The Fair Melusine. The SCO players genuinely liked the Spa Pavilion as a venue, and told me that they would like to return there. Musical...
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London Lyric Opera Cycles at the Cadogan
Magazine article by Denby Richards; Musical Opinion, Vol. 132, November 2008
...Hall on 16 September with four varied song-cycles. The evening opened with a suitably charming account of Mendelssohns Fair Melusine Overture by the St Georges Chamber Orchestra under Madeleine Lovell. This was followed by Respighis quite fascinating Deita...
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newspaper articles on: MElusine  - 16 results

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60 Years Ago in a War Far Away; Battle of the Bulge Dead Still Heroes in Ardennes
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 13, 2004
...Legend has it that Count Sigefroi married Melusine, a beautiful river mermaid. The count...castle was built. Once every seven years Melusine returns, either as a serpent with a...will vanish into the rock with her. Melusine, with two tails, also appears as a...
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Travel: France: A Potted History; Fairy Builders, Shaved Teddy Bears and Dead Italian Monks: Must Be GEOFF HILL Continuing His Pilgrimage by Sports Car to Santiago De Compostela
Newspaper article by Geoff Hill; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), July 15, 1999
...which he didnt. Lusignan: village built by a fairy called Melusine, who married a mortal called Raymondin on condition he never...her the benefit of the doubt. Melle: without the help of Melusine, the locals went mad in the 11th and 12th Centuries and built...
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A-Z Film Guide
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 19, 2011
...in this reboot of the much-loved sci-fi fable. SARAHS KEY Cert 12A, 110mins .... Starring: Kristen Scott Thomas, Melusine Mayance, Frederic Pierrot A journalist living in Paris investigates a Second World War atrocity and along the way uncovers...
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FRIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! This Charming Tale of a Boy's Love for Movies - with a Monster Twist - Will Go Down as One of the All-Time Great Family Films
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 5, 2011
Subjects: Abrams, J.J.
...since 1942. But she discovers the flat once belonged to a Jewish family, and her researches reveal that a girl, Sarah (Melusine Mayance), locked her little brother in a cupboard to evade the Na zis and then did all she could to return to save him...
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FRIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! ! This Charming Tale of a Boy's Love for the Movies -- with a Terrifying Twist -- Will Go Down as One of the All-Time Great Family Films
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 5, 2011
Subjects: Abrams, J.J.
...since 1942. But she discovers the flat once belonged to a Jewish family, and her researches reveal that a girl, Sarah (Melusine Mayance), locked her little brother in a cupboard to evade the Nazis and then did all she could to return to save him. The...
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encyclopedia articles on: MElusine  - 4 results

 
 
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MÉlusine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MELUSINE maluzen or Melusina melyoose na, in French legend, a fairy who changed...When he broke his agreement and discovered her secret, she fled. The Melusine story has many parallels in Europe and Asia...
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Lusignan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LUSIGNAN luzenyaN , French noble family. The name is derived from a castle in Poitou, built, according to legend, by Melusine . The family was powerful in the Middle Ages and ruled (13th-14th cent.) the county of Marche. One branch was prominent...
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Fairy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mortals, but usually such liaisons involved some restriction or compact and frequently ended in calamity, as did those of Melusine and Undine. Various peoples have emphasized particular kinds of fairies in their folklore, such as the Arabic jinni , Scandinavian...
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Mermaid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...they use to lure sailors to their deaths (see Siren ). In some legends they assumed human shape and married mortals (see Melusine ). The origin of the mermaid is thought by some to be the dugong (see sirenian...


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