| “ | Were you an ally to Freya in her suffering? To Skaði? To Gróa? Or Titania? No! | ” |
–The illusion of Sigrún during the trip to the Norns to Mimir | ||
Titania is the wife of King Oberon, thus making her the Queen of the Faeries. They reside in Faerieland also known as Avalon. Queen Titania's four maids were Mimir's friends Mustardseed, Peaseblossom, Moth and Cobweb.
Celtic Mythology[]
Titania (/tɪˈtɑːniə/) is a character in William Shakespeare's 1595–1596 play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
In the play, she is the Queen of the fairies and wife of the Fairy King, Oberon. Due to Shakespeare's influence, later fiction has often used the name "Titania" for fairy queen characters.
In the play, she is the Queen of the fairies and wife of the Fairy King, Oberon. The pair are depicted as powerful natural spirits who together guarantee the fertility or health of the human and natural worlds. Yet their falling out has severely disrupted both worlds, as Titania explains at length in Act 1 Scene 2, ending “And this same progeny of evils comes /From our debate, from our dissension.”
Titania is a very proud creature and as much of a force to contend with as her husband, Oberon. She and Oberon are engaged in a marital quarrel over which of them should have the keeping of an Indian changeling boy. It is this quarrel which drives the plot, creating the mix-ups and confusion of the other characters in the play. Due to an enchantment cast by Oberon's servant Puck, Titania magically falls in love with a "rude mechanical" (a labourer), Nick Bottom the weaver, who has been given the head of a donkey by Puck, who feels it is better suited to his character. While under the spell, Titania loses the powerful attributes she previously held and becomes fawning instead. After Oberon and Puck have had enough of watching Titania make a fool of herself to woo "a monster", Oberon reverses the spell and the two reunite after Titania pronounces "what visions have I seen! Methought I was enamour’d of an ass." At the play's conclusion, Titania and Oberon lead a fairy blessing of the marriages of the play's protagonists.
Queen Titania had four maids assisting her throughout the play. They were Mimir's friends Mustardseed, Peaseblossom, Moth and Cobweb.
God of War (2018)[]
God of War: Ragnarok[]
During the trials of the Norns, Titania is mentioned by the illusion of Sigrún, where she mentions that Mimir did not help her when she was suffering from her husband King Oberon.
Settling in a forest outside of Athens to observe "the Duke's" other guests, the faerie-folk observed "the romantic complications" of some local youths. Oberon, with his lofty so-called romantic ideals, decided to intervene and tasked Puck to fetch a magical flower that can manipulate the affections of others, though Mimir later reflects that the flower doesn't make everyone under its effects fall in love but cause the people to temporarily feel a kind of obsessive devotion that is commonly-mistaken for love. Supposedly wanting to nobly help true love prevail under the pressure of family arrangements, in truth Oberon wanted to use the magical flower as a means to embarrass, humiliate and torture his own wife. Puck retrieved the flower and used it to make Titania fall in love with something preposterous: an actor. That night, she and all under the flower's spell made fools of themselves until the magic's effects wore off.
It is implied that her own husband Oberon, would often do things to humiliate and torture his wife Titania for his own amusement and satisfaction.
Personality[]
All we know about Titania is her unhappiness and arguments with her husband.
Physical description[]
Trivia[]
- From what was said about Titania from Sigrún in God of War Ragnarök, it is likely that Oberon abused Titania the same way Odin did to Freya.
- Queen Titania had four male maids/handmaidens. Their names were Mustardseed, Peaseblossom, Moth and Cobweb.
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