This page is about the elf queen and Elfland of Scottish tradition. For the broader context, see Fairy Queen, Fairyland, and Seelie court
Queen of Elphame[1] or "Elf-hame" (-hame stem only occurs in conjectural reconstructed orthography[2][3]), in the folklore belief of Lowland Scotland and Northern England, designates the elfin queen of Faerie, mentioned in Scottish witch trials. In ballads and contemporary texts, she is referred to as Queen of Elphane, Elphen, or the Fairies. She is equivalent to the Queen of Fairy who rules Faërie or Fairyland. The character as described in witch trials has many parallels with the legends of Thomas the Rhymer and Tam Lin.[4]
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QueenofElphame or "Elf-hame" (-hame stem only occurs in conjectural reconstructed orthography), in the folklore belief of Lowland Scotland and Northern...
by the "Quene of Elphen." Scholar Robert Pitcairn reconstructed the word as "Elphame" or "Elf-hame." The concept of a Dianic queenof spirits influenced...
to as the Queenof Elfland. Poet and novelist Robert Graves published his alteration of the ballad, replacing her name with "QueenofElphame": I'm not...
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