24-11-2020, 07:15 PM
So German uses a term (Schlange) which lacks the capacity to distinguish between snakes and serpents, based on the distinction that 'snakes' are certain reptiles, while "serpents' includes various reptile species besides snakes, along with creature of a mythological / imaginary dimension.
Melusine has a long "wurmen schwantz", a long wyrm's tail, a dragon's tail, not a snake's tail, because that is the myth of Melusine. She's a fairy, not a naga. There is still plenty of room for alternative illustrations. Interesting to note that the color is specified - blue with silver droplets - not some dull green. "Silvery round droplets" like the ambiguous "eye" on a certain VMs 'fish'?
Do the specifics of this description have any known history?
Melusine has a long "wurmen schwantz", a long wyrm's tail, a dragon's tail, not a snake's tail, because that is the myth of Melusine. She's a fairy, not a naga. There is still plenty of room for alternative illustrations. Interesting to note that the color is specified - blue with silver droplets - not some dull green. "Silvery round droplets" like the ambiguous "eye" on a certain VMs 'fish'?
Do the specifics of this description have any known history?