MELUSINE, a medieval version of the fish-tailed Aphrodite, consented to marry a mortal on the condition that on each Saturday she must remain in seclusion in her castle. There, she became a fish-tailed mermaid and spent the day reclining in her bath. According to classical myths, it is fatally dangerous for a man to disturb the Goddess in her bath; therefore, the mermaid was often seen as a portent of death for unwary sailors who ventured too close to rocky outcroppings where mermaids were seen.