May Queen
Flower-crowned festival honoree
A May Queen is a girl or young woman chosen to preside over May Day festivities, traditionally crowned with flowers and celebrated as a symbol of spring.
The custom dates to medieval European folk traditions honoring fertility and the return of warm weather: She was crowned May Queen at the village festival.
Tall ribbon-wrapped post
- pageantStaged public display
- garlandDecorative strand of foliage
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- villageSmall rural community
procession · ribbons · dancing · crowning · spring festival · pagan · ritual · custom
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- tiaraOrnamental feminine headband
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
majesty · court · attendants · reign · sash · scepter · princess · duchess
maypole
Tall ribbon-wrapped post
- pageantStaged public display
- garlandDecorative strand of foliage
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
village · procession · ribbons · dancing · crowning · spring festival · pagan · ritual · custom · tradition
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- tiaraOrnamental feminine headband
regalia · majesty · court · attendants · reign · sash · scepter · princess · duchess · pageantry
blossoming
Beginning to flower
flowers · garlands · warmth · vernal · budding · growth · pastoral · awakening · vitality · floral
orchard
Fruit tree plantation
heirloom · variety · fruit · picking · autumn · pie · crumble · tartness · cultivar · pollination