Queen
A role · 24 figures in all
Sovereign feminine authority: the figure rules, commands, presides or holds a court, and others are subject to her.
A role a story gives a figure, not a picture a figure fits. No reference work prints this as a headword, so the wording and the reading are both ours. What each was read from is not: the works named below, and their entries on these figures rather than the descriptions on this site. How this was made.
16 figures carry it. 8 others meet it without carrying it.
Carried by
Figures whose entries here read as carrying the role itself. Both readings marks a figure two independent readings placed here; one reading marks one.
Abere both readings
- Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Abere."
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Abere."
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Abere."
- George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, s.v. "Abere."
Aine both readings
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Aine."
- Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Aine."
- Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Aine."
Ala both readings
- Patricia Ann Lynch, African Mythology A to Z.
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Ala."
- Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Ala."
- Patricia Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, p. 14.
Anu one reading
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Ana."
- Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, s.v. "Ana."
- John Dowson, A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, s.v. "Ana."
Chalchihuitlicue both readings
- Mary Miller and Karl Taube, An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya, p. 60.
Cliodna both readings
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Cliodna."
- Lady Gregory, Gods and Fighting Men.
Hyldemoer both readings
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Hyldemoer."
- Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology.
Lamia both readings
- Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Lamia."
- Robert Lebling, Legends of the Fire Spirits.
- Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Lamia."
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Lamia."
Louhi both readings
- Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Louhi."
- translated by John Martin Crawford, The Kalevala, p. 84.
Ma both readings
- Firdausi, translated by Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner, The Sháhnáma, p. 67.
- Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Ma."
Mab both readings
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Mab."
- Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Mab."
- Patricia Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, p. 6.
- Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology.
- Wirt Sikes, British Goblins.
Sedna both readings
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Sedna."
- Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Sedna."
Titania both readings
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Titania."
- Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Titania."
- Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology.
Venus one reading
- Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Esther."
- Louis Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews, p. 146.
- Damiana L. Eugenio, Philippine Folk Literature: The Myths, p. 63.
- Firdausi, translated by Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner, The Sháhnáma.
Met by
Figures read as meeting the role rather than carrying it: it is in their stories, held by something they meet, oppose, serve or are destroyed by. It is the commoner reading here, and saying so is the point: a bestiary is largely a catalogue of what the carriers of these roles encounter.
Argus Panoptes
- Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Argus."
Cihuateteo
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Cihuateteo."
- Mary Miller and Karl Taube, An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya, p. 61.
Dinewan
- K. Langloh Parker, Australian Legendary Tales.
Jupiter
- Ad de Vries, Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery, s.v. "Jupiter."
- Firdausi, translated by Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner, The Sháhnáma.
Kakamora
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Kakamora."
- Maria Leach, editor, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, s.v. "Kakamora."
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Kakamora."
Loathly Worm
- Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Loathly Worm."
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Loathly Worm."
Mormo
- Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Empouse (Em-Poo-Say)."
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Empouse (Em-Poo-Say)."
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Empouse (Em-Poo-Say)."
Namtar
- Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Namtar."
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Namtar."
- Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia, s.v. "Namtar."
Not to be confused with: NOT merely being female, beautiful, or the consort of a king.