Fairy Queen
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The Fairy Queen was a figure from English folklore who was believed to rule the fairies. Based on Shakespeare's influence, she is often named as Titania.
Various things have been named after her:
- The Faerie Queene, a poem by Edmund Spenser
- Fairy Queen (locomotive), an Indian steam locomotive
- The Fairy-Queen, a semi-opera by Purcell
- The Fairy Queen, a painting by Myrea Pettit to celebrate the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II
- "Faerie Queen", a song by Blackmore’s Night from their 2006 album The Village Lanterne
- Another musical artist, Kenny Klein, has a CD called The Fairy Queen, whose title song describes the Fairy Queen and names her as Mab.
- Faerie Queen, another song by Heather Alexander on her album Wanderlust
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- Fairy Queen Productionsis a children's party business based in Brisbane, Australia.
The Fairy Queen is a folkloric figure, often associated in British tales and folk songs with the names Mab, Morgan (ie the Arthurian character of Morgan Le Fey, or Morgan of the Fairies), Meave, and L'annawnshee (literally, Underworld Fairy). In the Child Ballads Tam Lin (Child 39) and Thomas the Rhymer (Child 37), she is represented as both beautiful and seductive, and also as terrible and deadly. The Fairy Queen is said to pay a tithe to Hell every seven years, and her mortal lovers often provide this sacrifice. In Tam Lin, the title character tells his mortal lover:
At the end of seven years
She pays a tithe to Hell
I so fair and full of flesh
I fear it be myself
Both Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare used folklore concerning the Fairy Queen to create characters and poetry.
