Eridanis said:Her limbecks dried of poisons
And the knife at her neck,
Sonnet CXIX said:What potions have I drunk of Siren tears,
Distilled from limbecks foul as hell within,
Applying fears to hopes, and hopes to fears,
Still losing when I saw myself to win!
Patryn of Elvenshae said:Thinly disguised?
Legend has it that in the time before history began, dwarven miners had unearthed a ten-faceted black gemstone of dark beauty, innocently deciding to present it to the queen of the fey as a gift. The fey princess who would become known as the Queen of Air and Darkness remained in court on this particular day while her sister Titania was bathing in the waters of the river Afon Bhlu, which fed the lake Cwm Glas. The gem, which is whispered to have been the creation of the Dark God, slowly corrupted the princess, eating away her physical body and destroying her soul. Ultimately she left the Seelie Court, absconding with her precious diamond and the great treasures of her race in a black chariot that belched smoke and fire. Soon after, the mountain from which the diamond was unearthed exploded, destroying the primordial fey realm of Ladinion and decimating the fey people. Since then the Seelie Court has been forced to wander the planes, never again finding a permanent home.
- A snippet of poetry in A. E. Houseman's Last Poems (1922), stanza III
- The Queen of Air and Darkness (1939), a novel by T. H. White, second volume of The Once and Future King
- The Queen of Air and Darkness (1972), a short story by Poul Anderson in his History of Rustum universe
- May refer to Queen Mab, a fairy most notably mentioned in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- A title of Mab, the Faery Queen of Winter in Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
- Queen of Air and Darkness (Dungeons & Dragons), a deity in the Dungeons & Dragons game based on Queen Mab
- Queen of Air and Darkness, a character in the novel War for the Oaks by Emma Bull