faerie

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Wyon portrayed Victoria - who became Queen in 1837, ruling until her death in 1901 - as Lady Una from Edmund Spenser's 1590 poem "The Faerie Queene", representing truth and purity.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Segerblom was going by the name Faerie Argyle Rainbow at the time—that was even the name on her driver’s license—and she had her closet organized by rainbow colors.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2024

“The Faerie Queene” concludes with a sequence known as “The Mutability Cantos,” which first appeared in editions of the poem issued a decade after Spenser’s death.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2020

It’s about a town on the border of Faerie, whose rather peculiar residents smuggle Goblin Fruit out of Fairyland while denying its very existence.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2020

Unless—unless somehow Oak could be crowned and spirited away from Faerie.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black