Titania
Also called Tytania.
Shakespeare's queen of the fairies, given a dignity Queen Mab never had, under a name Ovid used for Diana.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Roman mythologyScottish folklore
- Region
- England (place of origin)Scottish Highlands (place of origin)
- Trait family
- The Water-Beckoners
- Symbols
- Banner
Near this figure
Symbols
Judged against the description by a model. Meanings are our own paraphrase.
- Banner bears The banner denotes conquest, honor, collective allegiance, and victory over darkness or death, serving as military rallying standard, religious proclamation, and ray of manifestation.
why
In the local folklore of the Scottish Highlands it is Titania who gives the Fairy Flag to the chief of Clan MacLeod at Dunvegan on Skye, a banner to be unfurled only in the gravest danger and good for three occasions, after which she takes it back.
Roles
Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.
- Queen carries both readings
3 citations
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Titania."
- Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Titania."
- Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology.
- Trickster meets
3 citations
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Titania."
- Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, s.v. "Titania."
- Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology.