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Pronunciation of Aoibheal in Lafayette, California, USA
Ah veel
| ah | sounds like the | 'a' | in 'car' |
Phonetic Spelling:[ Ah veel ]
Ah
car
Type of Name:
Name of the Irish Faerie Queen
Language:
Irish
Gender:
Female
Alternate Spelling(s):
Aoibheall
Meaning:
Fire, spark
Additional Information:
In Irish legend, fairies are as old as the land itself. Children of the goddess Diana or the Tuatha di Daanan, they are the very breath and life of the Emerald Isle. Fairies are rumored to live among the people within hills known as Fairy Mounds. Every mound or kingdom has a king and a queen. One particular mound north of Munster is ruled by the beautiful and famous Queen Aoibheal (pronounced Ah'veel). As legend goes, Aoibheal foreknew the outcome of a vicious battle at Clontarf and tried to warn her people about it.
In more popular media, Queen Aoibheal is a key character in the Highlander series of books by author Karen Marie Moning. Here, she is depicted as a beautiful, ancient, powerful and vain queen that does all she can to uphold the treaty between the races; mortal man and immortal fey.
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Pronunciation of Aoibheal in Lafayette, California, USA
Ah-veel
Type of Name:
Name of the Irish Faerie Queen
Language:
Irish
Gender:
Female
Alternate Spelling(s):
Aoibheall
Meaning:
Fire, spark
Additional Information:
In Irish legend, fairies are as old as the land itself. Children of the goddess Diana or the Tuatha di Daanan, they are the very breath and life of the Emerald Isle. Fairies are rumored to live among the people within hills known as Fairy Mounds. Every mound or kingdom has a king and a queen. One particular mound north of Munster is ruled by the beautiful and famous Queen Aoibheal (pronounced Ah'veel). As legend goes, Aoibheal foreknew the outcome of a vicious battle at Clontarf and tried to warn her people about it.
In more popular media, Queen Aoibheal is a key character in the Highlander series of books by author Karen Marie Moning. Here, she is depicted as a beautiful, ancient, powerful and vain queen that does all she can to uphold the treaty between the races; mortal man and immortal fey.
Pronunciation of Aoibheal
av-heel
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