Melusine (or Melusina) is a figure of European legends and folkore,
a feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred springs and rivers.
Capital, Romanesque Church of St-Pierre de Bessuéjouls Mid Pyrennees, France built at the end of the eleventh century.
Capital, Romanesque Church of St-Pierre de Bessuéjouls Mid Pyrennees, France built at the end of the eleventh century.
(This is one of the earliest I've come across, The melusina in the mosaic floor at Otranto is later, 12th century.)