#Queen Mab

[bebemoon]

@naryamirie

#merlin mini series #90s #miranda richardson #queen mab #lady of the lake #arthurian legend #queue

[enchantedbook]

'Queen Mab' from Shelley's Poem by Henry Meynell Rheam (1859 - 1920)

#henry meynell rheam #painting #queen mab

[flightlessartist]

a fairy for your monday🧚🏻‍♀️✨

✦ find me on instagram @the.flightless.artist ✦

#illustration #digital art #art #drawing #digital illustration #procreate app #digital drawing #digital artist #procreate art #ipad pro #procreate #aesthetic #character design #character art #digitalart #characterdesign #fantasy #fantasy illustration #queen mab #fae art #wings #fairytale #fairycore #magic art #fantasy art #illustrator

[burningvelvet]

“Women, for no other crime than having followed the dictates of a natural appetite, are driven with fury from the comforts and sympathies of society. [..] Has a woman obeyed the impulse of unerring nature; — society declares war against her, pitiless and eternal war: she must be the tame slave, she must make no reprisals; theirs is the right of persecution, hers the duty of endurance. She lives a life of infamy: the loud and bitter laugh of scorn scares her from all return. She dies of long and lingering disease: yet she is in fault, she is the criminal, she the froward and untameable child, — and society, forsooth, the pure and virtuous matron, who casts her as an abortion from her undefiled bosom!”

— Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab; A Philosophical Poem; With Notes (1813).

#percy shelley #percy bysshe shelley #queen mab #literature #english literature #lit #philosophy #romanticism #poetry #aesthetic #dark academia #history #writing #1800s #feminism #mary shelley #william godwin #women #reading #books #quotes #society

[thefugitivesaint]

Frank Thayer Merrill (1848-1936), 'Queen Mab', ''The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley'', 1904 Source

#Frank T. Merrill #Frank Thayer Merrill #american artists #percy bysshe shelley #queen mab #vintage illustration #vintage art

[rosalie-starfall]

Miranda Richardson

Blackadder - 1986

Sleepy Hollow - 1999

Merlin - 1998

Dance With a Stanger - 1985

Good Omens (Season One) - 2019

The Crying Game - 1992

Snow White: The Fairest of Them All - 2001

Good Omens (Season Two) - 2023

Enchanted April - 1991

Damage - 1992

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 2005

Phantom of the Opera - 2004

#Miranda Richardson #Blackadder #Sleepy Hollow #Merlin #Dance with a Stanger #Good Omens #The Crying Game #Snow White: The Fairest of them all #Good Omens 2 #Enchanted April #Damage #Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire #Phantom of the Opera #Queenie #Lady Van Tassel #Queen Mab #Ruth Ellis #Madame Tracy #Jude #Queen Elspeth #Shax #Rose Arbuthnot #Ingrid #Rita Skeeter #Madame Giry #my gifs #Actress edits #mredits #I've loved Miranda longer than time has had meaning in my life #Miranda is PERFECT as Rita! I'm still mad af it's been tainted and I can't enjoy it anymore

[hobgobknowsbest]

ey, a gob's gotta eat

#goblincore #goblin culture #goblin vibes #goblin things #goblin community #goblin behaviour #goblin food #sidhe #queen mab #brownies #seelie court

[cybersexuality]

Frik “Isn’t that rather unworthy of us?” - Mordred “Unworthy? What does that mean, mother?” - Morgan “Oh, I’ve forgotten. What does it mean?” - Queen Mab “Yes, it is unworthy. But I don’t like to be told, Frik.”

#merlin 1998 #helena bonham carter #martin short #miranda richardson #jason done #queen mab #morgan le fay #frik #Mordred #gifs made by me

[high-quality-tiktoks]

Thankfully, this copy has survived unscathed for the last 200 years

#video #tiktok #tiktoks #story time #history #book #books #poetry #percy shelley #queen mab #tomwayling

[dailydemonspotlight]

Day 16 - Queen Mab

Race: Night

Alignment: Neutral

April 11th, 2024

Irish folklore is a strange rabbit hole to plunge down, filled with legendary heroes and strange villains, but the story of Cu Chulainn, the protagonist of the Ulster Cycle, is one that has always caught my interest. This story was the originator of many a trope, many a book series, and its main antagonist, the menacing Queen Medb, is an incredibly fun example of a femme fatale and a warrior queen.

Medb was the queen of the kingdom Connacht, a woman who had many lovers and was famous for her promiscuity... and trickiness. Cunning and ruthless, and with a propensity for manipulation, she served as the ultimate enemy of Chulainn, at first trying to seduce him with her daughters until eventually realizing that the plan wouldn't work, likely due to Chulainn's fealty towards his wife (or, alternatively, his asexual swag.) According to irish folklore, Medb could also be very, very similar, if not the same as Medb Lethderg, goddess of sovereignty in the irish Kingship of Tara.

Medb came to power in the story 'Cath Bóinde,' wherein she was born under the care of High King Eochaid Feidlech, a man who was purported as having killed the former king to take his place. Medb was married off to the king of Ulster, Conchobar mac Nessa, and in spite of them having a daughter, the marriage soon fell apart. They left, yet Medb held a grudge, and seeing that Eochaid had given Conchobar another one of his daughters, Medb went ballistic. She slaughtered her while still pregnant, leaving the child to be born via a medieval C-section. The king of Connacht was also desposed of around this time, and Eochid put Medb back in her rightful spot, now as Queen of Connacht.

After all of this, several marriages and kids, and a rise to power, Medb felt on top of the world. In her bloodlust with all of the power she gained, she soon grew jealous of her husband being richer than her... albeit only by one bull's price. Since the person who held onto this bull, Dáire mac Fiancha, rejected her offer, she went to take it by force, landing her in her first major conflict with the wandering teenaged warrior Cú Chulainn.

Ever since this very first conflict, their storied rivalry encompasses many a tale, eventually ending in Cú Chulainn's death, in which the warrior ties himself to a stone to keep fighting, even as his life comes to an end. I'll go more into this in the future during my Sentana/Cú Chulainn analysis, but needless to say, Medb's involvement in the Ulster Cycle makes for a fascinating deep-dive into Irish folklore.

As far as her design goes, the epithetical Warrior Queen has a rather strange appearance in the SMT series, almost appearing like a punk rocker such as a member of KISS- albeit with much more color. However, I have a personal theory as to why this may be- and it all has to do with cultural perceptions.

Queen Medb was seen as deviant, a cruel woman who rose to power with her own overwhelming strength, and while she was a bastard, a bit of the hatred felt towards her could be due to a sort of misogyny common in the middle ages. This is all purely conjecture, of course, but a controlling and domineering woman could've been something seen to be feared...

Much like how punk-rockers were seen as satanic in the 90's. During the satanic panic, a lot of people outside of regular circles were ostracized as being demonic in some way, shape, or form. Metal bands were especially targeted by this moral crusade, and it may just be where the influence for her design came from!

Past my own pet-theory, though, the rest of her design is rock-solid. A helmet-esque mask, steel breastplate, and long blade all play well into the 'Warrior Queen' quality she's well known for, and her gloves appear as snakeskin or even latex at first glance, playing into her domineering and controlling role. All in all, while Queen Mab wasn't my favorite demon at first, the research into her folklore has led me to finding an all new appreciation for the Ulster Cycle's main antagonist.

#shin megami tensei #smt #megaten #persona #daily #smt nocturne #queen medb #queen mab #ngl i'm very proud of this one #the ulster cycle is unironically great #like its almost like a fuckin shonen

[bethanydelleman]

I always think that Willoughby's present to Marianne being named Queen Mab is an early clue that he cannot be trusted.

"When you leave Barton to form your own establishment in a more lasting home, Queen Mab shall receive you.” (Ch 12)

Willoughby's fanciful horse name is most likely an allusion to Romeo & Juliet, taken from a speech of Mercutio's (quoting the relevant bits, find the whole speech here):

O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you.

She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes...

And in this state she gallops night by night

Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love;...

...This is that very Mab

That plats the manes of horses in the night,

And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs,

Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes:

This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs,

That presses them and learns them first to bear,

Making them women of good carriage:

This is she--

At the end of the speech, Mercurio warns that these dreams are not real:

True, I talk of dreams,

Which are the children of an idle brain,

Begot of nothing but vain fantasy,

Which is as thin of substance as the air

And more inconstant than the wind

The sexual innuendo is unmistakable, but also the idea that love is only a dream and will not be constant.

The name is just too specific to not have meaning, at least in my opinion. Sense & Sensibility always seems like it's pointing to Romeo and Juliet to me. Marianne's Romeo proves false, but fortunately she, unlike Juliet, lives to love again. Many characters also come to believe that Edward & Lucy are star-crossed lovers. It's almost as if Sense & Sensibility is directly challenging the romantic notions, promoting second love and quiet devotion over the overwhelming passion and folly of youth of Romeo and Juliet.

#sense and sensibility #romeo and juliet #queen mab #shakespeare #willoughby #marianne dashwood

[landfilloftrash]

So I recently read ‘The Law’.

#my art #The Dresden Files #Dresden Files #The Dresden Files spoilers #Harry Dresden #John Marcone #They are so. They’re horrible. What is wrong with them. #I laughed so hard at them both being awkward about the mutual politeness and usual bickering/bantering. Baring their teeth at one another. #I love them so much. They suck. They have a weird gay thing going on and I hope its never canon but at the same time GUYS PLEASE JUST KISS #The entire thought segment of Harry’s before he met up with Marcone @ the job site. God. We’re getting somewhere. I don’t know where #but its somewhere. #Rea rambles in the tags #Queen Mab #Sigrun Gard #Talvi Inverno #Ms. Lapland #rea’s trash

[theocannibalistic]

holy queen of an unforgiving winter

#my art #dnd #queen mab #mabkha queen of air and darkness #queen of air and darkness #fey #digital painting #frostbite

[wingedshadowfan]

i thought it was obvious but. since i've never actually heard anyone talk about it, alex's last name means 'star' in a bunch of languages

it's why she's always portrayed or described with stars, i. e. her queen mab outfit for the halloween manuscript party (we all know the one), or

“I will serve you ’til the end of days,” he promised. In the dream she laughed. “And love me too.” Her eyes were black and full of stars.

it's also how darlington sees her in his perfect world where he finally knows what she is

He saw Alex in the garden, a black-winged bird, night gathered around her like a silken shroud shot through with stars. His monstrous queen. His gentle ruler.

her name is galaxy star

#ninth house #hell bent #leigh bardugo #alex stern #galaxy stern #galaxy star #darlington #daniel tabor arlington v #daniel arlington #danny #queen mab #shakespeare

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Skin Games by Mika Blackfield

#Dresden Files #Skin Games #Queen Mab #Harry Dresden #Fantasy #Art #Mika Blackfield #nicodemus archleone

[rosalie-starfall]

Queen Mab

Merlin - 1998

#Miranda Richardson #Queen Mab #Mab #Queen of the old ways #Queen of the Fairies #Merlin #1998 #my gifs #tv edits #tv : Mini Series #tv : Fantasy #mredits #I've loved Miranda longer than time has had meaning in my life