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. |