Queen of Air and Darkness

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Queen of Air and Darkness may refer to:

• The name of T. H. White's Arthurian novel The Queen of Air and Darkness, the second volume in his work The Once and Future King.

• The Queen of Air and Darkness (Dungeons & Dragons) is a deity in the Dungeons & Dragons game.

• "The Queen of Air and Darkness" is also a short story by Poul Anderson which plays on fairy mythology in a science fiction setting.

• The Queen of Air and Darkness is also mentioned in a song of the same name by gothic rock band, Cauda Pavonis.

• The Queen of Air and Darkness also appears as the Queen of the Unseelie Court in fiction such as Laurell K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry series, Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files series, and Emma Bull's War For the Oaks.

• The title "Queen of Air and Darkness" is also associated with Celtic goddesses such as the Morrigan (who, in turn, are often equated with the queen of the fairies). The phrase was originally coined by the poet A.E. Housman in an untitled poem about vanquishing an enchantress.

• Moire, a capricious, unpredictable fay character from Martha Wells' novel, The Element of Fire, is titled the Queen of Air and Darkness, and passes the title to her half-human daughter, Kade Carrion.