Coulumbiers forest, in Lusignan, is inhabited by fairies. The most famous fairy of this forest is Melusine, cursed by her mother, the fairy Pressina, to become a serpent from feet to waist once a week. She would never fall in love until she found a man who agreed never to see her on that day. And this man was Count Raymond of Poitiers, who met Melusine in Coulombiers forest while she was dancing with other fairies. They got married, settled down in Lusignan, and got ten children who were born deformed.
