Evil Queen
Fairytale royal antagonist
Evil Queen is a stock character in fairy tales and fantasy—a vain, powerful woman who threatens a younger, more innocent heroine.
The archetype derives from Snow White's stepmother, who asks the mirror who's fairest of all.
The term now applies to any glamorous female villain driven by jealousy or vanity: She's giving Evil Queen energy in that outfit.
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- stepmotherFather's spouse, not birth mother
- magic mirrorSupernatural reflective surface
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
- fairytaleMagical children's narrative
poison · apple · vanity · jealousy · throne · curse · sorceress · beautiful · vain · crown · castle · huntsman · poisoned apple · revenge · dark · maleficent · spell · black magic
- Animated VillainsMaleficent, Ursula, Jafar, Hades, Gaston
- Fairy Tale CharactersCinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Goldilocks, Sleeping Beauty
- Pantomime VillainsCaptain Hook, Sheriff of Nottingham, Wicked Witch
- Fictional RoyaltyCinderella, Ariel, Princess Zelda, Princess Leia, Anastasia
- Disney performerscharacter actor, Anna, Elsa, Ariel, Belle
- Witch stuffbroomstick, black cat, cauldron, spell, curse
Evil Queenfairy godmother
Magical benefactor figure
Mother Nature · white witch · guardian angel · Good King Wenceslas
Evil QueenSnow White
Grimm's fairest maiden
fairy godmother · Cinderella · good witch · damsel in distress · Sleeping Beauty
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