The Fairy Queens

Here are some famous fairies from European myth:

Aeval	fairy queen of Munster (Ireland). When the men of the district were said to be failing to satisfy their women, Aeval held a fairy court. The women invited discussed the issues and decided that men needed to be more open and inventive about sex.
Banshees	are fairies that warn of approaching death but one banshee leader in the second century is said to have arrived at Samhain (about Halloween) and taken Fingin MacLuchta, King of Munster, to see the fairies' board of treasure.
Nos Bonnes Mères	(Our Good Mothers) are the fairies on the east coast of Brittany.
The Corrigan	are said to be Druids who were turned into fairies and swap fairy children for human ones. Many people believe in changelings until fairly recently. We still speak of a 'bad seed.'
Melusine	was the daughter of a water goddess (Pressina) who turned Melusine into a serpent for attacking her father. Melusine is shown with a serpent's tail on the gingerbread cakes stamped with her image still sold by the bakers of cakes for the May Fair held near Lusignan (near Poitiers, France).