Queen Mab

Queen Mab
/mab/
Irish and English Folklore. a mischievous, tantalizing fairy who governs and produces people's dreams.

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  • Queen Mab — is a fairy referred to in Shakespeare s play Romeo and Juliet . She also appears in other 17th century literature, and in various guises in later poetry, drama and cinema. In the play her activity is described in a famous comic speech by Mercutio …   Wikipedia

  • Queen Mab — /mab/ Irish and English Folklore. a mischievous, tantalizing fairy who governs and produces people s dreams. * * * Queen Mab «mab», a fairy queen in English folklore, who delivers dreams to men when she drives over their sleeping bodies in her… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Queen Mab — bezeichnet: eine Gestalt, die in einer Rede Mercutios in Shakespeares Romeo und Julia erscheint Queen Mab: A Philosophical Poem, ein Gedicht des englischen Dichters Percy Bysshe Shelley von 1813 ein Scherzo La reine Mab in Teil 2 der dramatischen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Queen Mab — [mab] n. Eng. Folklore a fairy queen who controls people s dreams …   English World dictionary

  • Queen Mab — the queen of the fairies in old stories and in literature …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Queen Mab — Queen′ Mab′ [[t]mæb[/t]] n. myt a queen of the fairies in English folklore and literature …   From formal English to slang

  • Queen Mab — Page de titre de la première édition limitée, imprimée par Shelley lui même, en 1813. Queen Mab; A Philosophical Poem; With Notes (La Reine Mab ; un poème philosophique; avec des notes), publié en 1813 en neuf chants (canto) avec dix sept… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Queen Mab (disambiguation) — Queen Mab usually refers to:*Queen Mab, a fairy in English folklore and literatureOther uses of the name* Queen Mab (horse), one of the first Thoroughbred racehorses imported to the New World * Scottish singer Donovan released a song titled Queen …   Wikipedia

  • Queen Mab (poem) — Queen Mab; A Philosophical Poem; With Notes was the first large poetic work written by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 1822), the English Romantic poet. [ [http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true UID=2505 Mark Sandy, University of Durham.… …   Wikipedia

  • Queen Mab (horse) — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Queen Mab caption = sire = Musgrove Grey ArabianCitation last = Deubler first = Cindy author link = title = Belair Museums stand in path of Progress journal = Mid Atlantic Thoroughbred pages = 22 27 date …   Wikipedia

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