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Fairy Queens
 
 
 
Aeval
    Aeval is the fairy queen of Munster, in Ireland. Her name, also spelled Aoibheal or Aoibhell, is pronounced 'eeval'. Craig Liath/Craiglea (gray rock), in County Clare, is her sacred place. People with the surname O'Brien are said to be her descendants.
    A great debate once raged in the kingdom of this Fairy Queen of the Midnight Court, when the women complained that the men were not meeting their sexual needs. It took all night for Queen Aeval to hear both sides state their cases. Finally she judged the men guilty, condemned them as prudes, and ordered them to perform as the women demanded.
    Aeval correctly predicted the outcome of the Battle of Clontarf, where the Celts beat the Vikings. In Christian times she devolved from fairy into banshee. Hearing the music of her harp meant that you were not long for this world.
    Evoke Aeval for faery magic, night magic, prophecy, clairvoyance, freedom, visionary poetry, and spells involving sexual satisfaction. Venus is her planet, southwest her direction, and night her time.
 

Argante
    Argante is an elf, the Queen of Avalon. According to some legends, it was to Queen Argante that King Arthur went after he was mortally wounded in his final battle. Some authorities connect Argante with Morgan le Fay, others with the goddess Arianrhod.
 

Caelia
Caelia is a fairy queen of British legend and literature. She enchanted Tom o' Lincoln, an illegitimate son of King Arthur, and took him for her lover despite the fact that he was married. They had a son, a fairy knight called Red Rose Knight. Eventually, Caelia drowned herself. Christians say that she dwells in the House of Holiness with her three daughters: Fidelia (faith), Speranza (hope), and Charissa (charity).
    Evoke Caelia for motherhood, enchantment, kindness, fairy magic, and learning the lesson that a relationship begun by magical means may not end happily.

Donagh
    Donagh, also called Onagh and Una, is the beautiful queen of the Daoine Sidhe fairies in western Ireland. Knockshegouna, in County Tipperary, is her fairy hill. Donagh is more beautiful than any mortal woman. She has long blonde hair and wears robes of silver gossamer that sparkle with drops of dew like diamonds. Yet her husband, the fairy king Finvarra or Finnbheara, is a cad who ceaselessly pursues human women.

Fuamnach
    Fuamnach (pronounced foo-am-nach) was a powerful fairy queen. Midir the Proud, son of the Dagda, was her fairy king. After many years of marriage, Midir enraged her by taking the younger, more beautiful Etain as a second wife. Fuamnach used her druid rod to change Etain first into a pool of water, and then into a purple butterfly, but Midir was still madly in love with her.
    Etain spent seven years as a butterfly, blown across Ireland by the winds and storms that Fuamnach kept sending in order to keep her away from Midir. One day she landed in the palace of Angus, the god of love. He changed Etain back into a woman from dusk until dawn every night, and they became lovers. When Fuamnach heard this, she again became enraged. This time she changed Etain into a fly, and sent a tempest to blow her away. Angus was so angered by Etain's loss that he killed Fuamnach and took her head as a trophy.
    A thousand years passed. Etain was reborn as a human baby, grew again into a beautiful woman, and married the high king of Ireland. Midir, who was still besotted with Etain, was able to win her from her husband in a game of chess. He was not able to keep her for long though, because she chose her husband over Midir when he came to get her back.
    Evoke Fuamnach for transformation, raising magical storms, and learning the lesson that spells cast in anger seldom work the way you want them to.
 

Mab
Probably derived from the Welsh  goddess Mabb, who corresponds to the Irish goddess Maeve, Queen Mab is a night sprite of British fairy lore. Mab brings nightmares to humans when she visits, driving her hazelnut-shell wagon across their sleeping faces. Shakespeare called her the fairies' midwife, and described her as being "no bigger than an agate stone on the forefinger of an alderman".
   Evoke Mab for night magic and faery magic. Venus is her planet.

Summer
    Summer is a Native American (Algonquin Indian) fairy, the Queen of the Elves of Light. She is a tiny, beautiful woman who dances in the forest and hibernates during the winter. Winter, a giant, melts away when Summer appears.

 
 
 
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