Snow Queen

Icy royal ruler

A Snow Queen is a cold, imperious woman—beautiful but emotionally distant or unfeeling.

The figure comes from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, where an ice queen kidnaps a boy and freezes his heart.

The term now describes any woman whose aloofness makes her seem frozen: She ruled the office like a Snow Queen, admired but unapproachable.

Related
  • icicleHanging frozen water spike
  • shardBroken fragment of something brittle
  • KaiName meaning ocean
  • coldLow temperature state
  • frostThin ice coating

Hans Christian Andersen · splinter · frozen heart · mirror · fairy tales · Copenhagen · winter · palace · enchanted worlds · Elsa · spell · ice palace · throne · frozen · magic mirror · kingdom · Thumbelina · sleigh

Categories
Opposites
temperature/elemental nature

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fire goddess · fire spirit · Sun King · volcano goddess

emotional temperament

Snow Queenloving mother

Affectionate female parent

fairy godmother · Mother Earth

seasonal/natural domain

Snow QueenMay Queen

Festival maiden representing spring

Titania · Persephone · Flora · Demeter

Family

queen, snow, snowy, snowball, snows, snowstorm, snowflake, snowfall, queenly

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G