Talk:Melusine

message: I created a page about the Belgian comic book series Mélusine today, so I guess a disambiguation page is needed? Because as far as I can see, Melusine is the name of both a mythological creature and a comic book character, AND the partial name of an asteroid? Since I'm new to Wikipedia (at least the editing part), I was wondering how to go about setting that up? Would it be best to rename this page Melusine (mythological) or something like that? Anyway, I thought it was best to ask here - if any of you could help, it'd be much appreciated! - Bender of spoons 21:01, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've created a disambiguation page.  Since this usage predates the others by far, I've made this the main article with a link to the disambiguation page. On the disambiguation page, I've created a link to this article and the Mélusine (comic) page.  I couldn't find the asteroid page, so you should make that edit on the disambiguation page. Val42 15:35, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Melusine disambiguation

message: This topic is (ISTM) clearly closely related to Wagner's Rhinemaidens and nixies, so I have added a See also tag. --Thnidu (talk) 18:35, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, the pattern of the tale, as observed by Sabine Baring-Gould in his Curious Tales of the Middle Ages, resembles that of the Knight of the Swan story - the foundation for the character Lohengrin in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival and the eponymous opera Lohengrin by Wagner. Patricia de Chenier (talk) 18:08, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

text: Added Knight of the Swan to See also because of the parallels in the two tales (breach of nuptial oath leads to catastrophe). Patricia de Chenier (talk) 02:04, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  See also 

message: Anyone aware of any info on the Starbucks coffee logo with regard to heraldry? The "Starbucks" mermaid appears, as national heraldry, on a 17th(?) century space-heater stove (vaguely similar to this one),  exhibited in the Vilnius Valdovu Rumai. The stove is covered with a repeated pattern of ceramic tiles; one tile shows the Lithuanian Vytis, a second the Polish Eagle coat of arms, a third tile shows the Starbucks mermaid. The first two tiles clearly signify the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth of the 16th-18th centuries.  The mermaid is presented as an equal, in size, proportion, and frequency, of the other two coats-of-arms: it is clearly a coat of arms signifying some or another political/geographical region in union with the commonwealth. But which part?  I'm guessing parts of the Belarus, or possibly parts of northern Europe; I'm not clear on which, and thus pose the question here (of course, the stove could well be a bit of 17th century propaganda, as it were -- making the pretension that the mermaid was on par with the Vytis and the Eagle). Would love to know more. I presume that there is no chance at all that the mermaid is that of the Jurate and Kastytis legend, but given the age of the legend, and of the logo, I wonder ... linas (talk) 21:09, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Starbucks Logo ?? 

message: The great Hungarian writer, Kalman Mikszath mention the story in his short novel: How did I become a writer?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.236.3.194 (talk) 10:27, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: We can add that, if you like.  I'm leaning toward the "more than one" theory on the grounds that each national Melusine myth may be unique to the people who tell it. But you'll have to show where Mikszath mentions it.  Please name the short novel and give us all the bibliographic reference information: name of author as it appears on the novel, place of publication, time of publication, name of publisher, and page(s) in which the story is mentioned.  Thanks!  Patricia de Chenier (talk) 19:39, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meluzina in the Hungarian Literature 

message: A box over our article posted on October 2016 says:
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I expanded the lede by mentioning another noble house said (in Curious Tales from the Middle Ages by Sabine Baring-Gould) to be descended from Melusine, the House of Luxembourg, and the lands over which they and the House of Lusignan ruled (to underline their notability).  
I also added a second paragraph to the lede which summarizes the common features of stories about Melusine:
:*marriage to mortals of noble blood, 
:*an oath binding the husband never to look at Melusine (or her daughters) in their bath, to conceal her true nature and mermaid-like features, 
:*Melusine leaving her husband or father after he breaks that oath, 
:*usually by shapeshifting into another form (often a dragon) and flying away. 
Does this satisfy the conditions for removal of the tag at the top of the article? Patricia de Chenier (talk) 02:20, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the tag.  We have a good lede satisfying the conditions listed in the tag now. Patricia de Chenier (talk) 22:54, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion of the Lede Paragraph to Include Royal Houses Said to be Descended from Melusine 

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replies: text: The consensus on this file at  was "Keep" and the nomination was closed without further action. Patricia de Chenier (talk) 10:16, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
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message: It's repeated many times through this article that many houses have claimed to be descended from Melusine, but are there any sources that claim a supposed lineage. Who do they claim were her children? EmilySarah99 (talk) 09:56, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Descendants 

message: Definitely never heard of this creature in Slavic folklore. Sounds like French only so it should not say European folklore as a whole. 102.117.77.223 (talk) 09:17, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  European folklore or just French?