https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n21/barbara-newman/she-was-of-the-devil-s-r… Created Fri, 20/10/2023 - 00:00 Updated Fri, 20/10/2023 - 00:00 Eleanor of Aquitaine was like the folkloric figure of Mélusine, woman above and fish or serpent from the waist down, though she normally managed to conceal that trait.