Queen Mab

[ mab ]

noun

1. Irish and English Folklore. a mischievous, tantalizing fairy who governs and produces people's dreams.

Queen Mab

/ mæb /

noun

1. (in British folklore) a bewitching fairy who rules over men's dreams

Example Sentences

Jonathan Holby’s fight direction introduces a gun into the arsenal of knives that does away with Jack Riddiford’s charismatic Mercutio, here an insolent provocateur who has barely spoken the Queen Mab speech before he disappears.

From New York Times

His grandmother was Queen Mab, of the House of the Greenbriar.

From Literature

The first High Queen, Mab, had her smith forge a crown.

From Literature

Queen Mab’s crown was magically and wondrously wrought so that it passes only from one blood relation to another, in an unbroken line.

From Literature

“And that is why Queen Mab bargained with the wild fey to make the crown King Eldred wears, which can only be passed down to her descendants. It would be tricky to get it by force.”

From Literature