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|image = [[File:Mab?.png|250px]] |
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|name = [[File:Queen_Mab_plate.png|250px]] |
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+ | |affiliation = [[Merlin]]<br>[[Impenetrable forest]] |
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|portrayer = [[Kelly Wenham]] |
|portrayer = [[Kelly Wenham]] |
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+ | |appearances = ''[[The Dark Tower (episode)|The Dark Tower]]''}}{{Quote|Left is right and right is left, and the way behind is the way ahead. It's simple!|Queen Mab to [[Merlin]]|The Dark Tower}}'''Queen Mab '''is the forest spirit of the [[Impenetrable forest]], the forest which leads to [[The Dark Tower (Location)|the Dark Tower]]. |
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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| − | + | Queen Mab helped [[Merlin]] find the way to the Dark Tower, speaking in riddles first, and speaking in rhymes later. She told Merlin that one of them wouldn't return, which later became true with [[Elyan]]'s death in the tower (''[[The Dark Tower]]).'' |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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| − | *This character has the same name as Queen Mab who appeared in the 1998 film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(film) Merlin] where she was the evil and twisted sister of The Lady in the Lake. |
+ | *This character has the same name as Queen Mab who appeared in the 1998 film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(film) Merlin] where she was the evil and twisted sister of The Lady in the Lake. |
| + | *Queen Mab is a character in Shakespeare's Midsummer's Night Dream. |
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| + | *Queen Mab is also the subject of the famous Mercutio monologue in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The portrayal of Mab in This series stayed true to that speech, in which Mercutio states that Queen Mab is very small. |
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| + | * According to some scholars the name "Mab" originates from the name of queen Medb, a legendary queen of Connacht from the Ulster cycle. |
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| + | * However this hypothesis is reputed in favour of the suggestion that "Mab" comes from the Middle English name "Mabily". |
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Revision as of 01:17, 9 May 2016
Queen Mab is the forest spirit of the Impenetrable forest, the forest which leads to the Dark Tower.
Biography
Queen Mab helped Merlin find the way to the Dark Tower, speaking in riddles first, and speaking in rhymes later. She told Merlin that one of them wouldn't return, which later became true with Elyan's death in the tower (The Dark Tower).
Trivia
- This character has the same name as Queen Mab who appeared in the 1998 film Merlin where she was the evil and twisted sister of The Lady in the Lake.
- Queen Mab is a character in Shakespeare's Midsummer's Night Dream.
- Queen Mab is also the subject of the famous Mercutio monologue in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The portrayal of Mab in This series stayed true to that speech, in which Mercutio states that Queen Mab is very small.
- According to some scholars the name "Mab" originates from the name of queen Medb, a legendary queen of Connacht from the Ulster cycle.
- However this hypothesis is reputed in favour of the suggestion that "Mab" comes from the Middle English name "Mabily".
Gallery
Click "show" to view the gallery.
