# Mélusine — Domnei character guide

> Mélusine in Domnei by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dame Mélusine, Melusina, schönen Melusina

**First appearance:** 0006-domnei

## Who they are

A legendary fairy woman referenced in the narrative.

## In the story

### [A Preface](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/chapters/a-preface)

Noted with pale frosty hair, spinning the melancholy of departed passion.

### [III: How Melicent Wooed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/chapters/iii-how-melicent-wooed)

Mentioned in Perion's letter as the woman for whom he falsely confessed to murder and theft.

### [How Melicent Wedded](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/chapters/v-how-melicent-wedded)

Mentioned by Ayrart as holding King Helmas and being a useful friend to him.

### [How Flamberge Was Lost](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/chapters/xix-how-flamberge-was-lost)

Briefly glimpsed or dreamed by Perion among the sailors, then vanishes.

### [How Perion Got Aid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/chapters/xx-how-perion-got-aid)

Sits by a fountain, converses with Perion about their past love, and offers him aid.

### [XXII: How Misery Held Nacumera](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/chapters/xxii-how-misery-held-nacumera)

Mélusine is reported to have helped Ayrart de Montors become Pope Adrian VII through bribery, and she is now Perion's wife with two children.

### [XXIII: How Demetrios Cried Farewell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/chapters/xxiii-how-demetrios-cried-farewell)

Mentioned as the water-demon's daughter who attempted and failed to ensnare Perion.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/chapters/ii)

Legendary figure who hardly appears in the preserved portion of the manuscript.

### [Bibliography](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/domnei_se/chapters/bibliography)

Subject of multiple listed works, such as 'Le Liure de Mélusine' and 'Historia de la linda Melosyna'.

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