The tale begins with Melusine's father Elinas, who was a nobleman from either Scotland or England.

故事始于梅鲁辛的父亲埃利纳斯，他是苏格兰或英格兰的贵族。

Later, Pressine becomes pregnant and gives birth to triplets, three girls: Melusine, Melior, and Palatine.

后来，普雷斯怀孕了，生了三胞胎，三个女孩：梅鲁辛、梅莉奥尔和巴拉汀。

Melusine convinces her sisters to help her using their magical powers to seal Elinas inside a mountain with all his treasure.

梅鲁辛说服她的姐妹们用她们的魔力帮助她把埃利纳斯和他所有的宝藏封在一座山里。

So, one Saturday, Raymondin spies on Melusine while she is bathing and learns of her secret serpent self.

所以，在一个星期六，雷蒙丁在梅鲁辛洗澡的时候监视她，并了解了她秘密的蛇形自我。

Why do you think a huge coffee brand would choose Melusine as its logo?

为什么你认为一个大型咖啡品牌会选择梅鲁辛作为它的标志？

He agrees, and they are happily married for 10 years during which Melusine gives Raymondin 10 children, wealth, land, and power.

他同意了，他们幸福地结婚了 10 年，在此期间，梅鲁辛给了雷蒙丁 10 个孩子、财富、土地和权力。

He denounces her publicly as a false serpent, and his betrayal means Melusine can no longer live a normal life.

他公开谴责她是一条假蛇，他的背叛意味着梅鲁辛不能再过正常的生活。

Melusine's tale is a combination of these stories as well as the lying-in taboo.

梅鲁辛的故事是这些故事和产妇禁忌的结合。

The story of Melusine shares similar features with the Swan Maiden and Valkyrie from Germanic and Norse mythology.

梅鲁辛的故事与日耳曼和挪威神话中的天鹅少女和女武神有着相似的特征。

So, this makes Melusine's story both an entertaining tale and an illustration of a cultural belief of the time.

因此，这使得梅鲁辛的故事既是一个有趣的故事，也是当时文化信仰的一个例证。

Melusine chooses to settle in the woods by a stream near Poitiers in France where she meets the distraught nobleman Raymondin who has just accidentally killed his uncle.

梅鲁辛选择在法国普瓦捷附近的小溪旁的树林里定居，在那里她遇到了心烦意乱的贵族雷蒙丁，他刚刚意外杀死了他的叔叔。

The Arthurian Legend was really embraced by much of Europe's nobility, and although a supernatural entity, Melusine ended up being associated with Christian values and virtues.

亚瑟王的传说被欧洲的贵族所接受，尽管是一个超自然的实体，但梅鲁辛最终还是与基督教的价值观和美德联系在一起。

The 14th-century French writer, Couldrette, linked Melusine to the Arthurian Legends with the figure of the Good Knight of England, who was a member of King Arthur's Court.

14 世纪的法国作家库尔德雷特将《亚瑟王传说》中的梅鲁辛与亚瑟王宫廷中的一名英格兰好骑士的形象联系在一起。

My name is Kelly and today's video is all about the tale of Melusine, popular in the modern day as the face of the Starbucks logo.

我是凯莉，今天的视频是关于梅鲁辛的故事，她作为星巴克标志的面孔在现代很受欢迎。

We are going to dive into the story of the serpent Melusine and what it teaches us about the relationship between men and women in medieval Europe.

我们将深入了解一条蛇梅鲁辛的故事，以及它告诉我们中世纪欧洲男女之间的关系。

Palatine is imprisoned in the same mountain as her father, and Melusine, who instigated the whole thing, was banished from Avalon and was cursed to have her lower body transformed into a serpent every Saturday.

巴拉汀和她的父亲被囚禁在同一座山上，而煽动这一切的梅鲁辛被驱逐出阿瓦隆，并被诅咒每周六将她的下半身变成一条蛇。

It's interesting that numerous noble families would claim descent from Melusine or choose to link themselves with her in their coat of arms, with her being a supernatural entity that never attended Mass.

有趣的是，许多贵族家庭都声称自己是梅鲁辛的后裔，或者选择在他们的盾徽上与她联系在一起，因为她是一个从未参加过弥撒的超自然实体。

Although all is well with the couple, Raymondin's family start to question why Melusine always has to have Saturdays by herself and never attends Mass, and that makes Raymondin start to question his wife's loyalty.

尽管这对夫妇一切都很好，但雷蒙丁的家人开始质疑为什么梅鲁辛总是一个人过星期六，从不参加弥撒，这使得雷蒙丁开始质疑他妻子的忠诚。

The main difference between the Germanic and Norse tales and Melusine's is that the main male characters in Melusine's tales never try to get their wives back because they understand that there's nothing to be done.

日耳曼和挪威故事与梅鲁辛故事的主要区别在于，梅鲁辛故事中的主要男性角色从不试图让他们的妻子回来，因为他们明白自己无能为力。

Melusine is a legendary figure from European folklore and was depicted as a mermaid who sometimes had two tails, as a woman who was serpent from the waist down, or as a dragon.

梅鲁辛是欧洲民间传说中的传奇人物，被描绘成一个有时有两条尾巴的美人鱼，一个腰部以下是蛇的女人，或者是一条龙。