The king gladly promised, and meant to keep his word but one day, the king's son by his former wife came hastily to him, and told him that Pressina had given birth to three daughters. It was not a very wise thing for a fairy to wed a mortal, and Pressina promised only on condition that he should never come to see her when she had children. And she was so sweet and gentle that by and by he persuaded her to be his wife. That was how at first he came to know the fairy. He was alone, and he sat long listening to her song. And as he drew near, he heard a sweet voice singing, and it was none other than the voice of the fairy Pressina. Now one day in the woods he was thirsty, and drew near a spring to quench his thirst. He kept by himself, and would not be comforted but at last his courtiers coaxed him to go a-hunting, and so dearly did he love the chase that he forgot his grief. There was a king who ruled over Albania, and he was very sad, for his wife had died. Ashliman's folktexts, a library of folktales, folklore, The Mysterious Maiden Mélusine (Luxembourg).Melusina (Soldiers' Legend) (Luxembourg).The Legend of Beautiful Melusina, the Ancestress of Luxembourg Counts (Luxembourg).Legend of Melusina (France, Thomas Keightley).Legends about mermaids, water sprites, and forest nymphs
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