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Cris Ortega

"Maeve Sidhe" by Cris Ortega

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Sidhe is the name that the fairies receive in the Irish mythology. It is said that they are high beings as a current man, of reserved customs and very powerful. Her Queen, Maeve, is so beautiful that for the mortal ones it can be dangerous to look at her. Some legends tell that these fairies are descendants from the ancient gods Tuatha of Dannan, and others assure that they are fallen angels, which were not bad enough to be sent to the hell. This picture is my version of the Queen Maeve, with the forest around her. Done in photoshop.




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13 Mar 2009:-) Dannielle elizabeth wages
i dont think you could have done better
20 Mar 2009:-) Rick m segreti
really really awsome art
14 Apr 2009:-) Brianne Smithers
wow luv the wings!! great job btw
4 May 2009:-) Rachel Serpentine White
not your best pic, I tink, but still amazing
14 Jul 2009:-) Krystina Leigh Friedel
She’s beautiful, and for some reason her face reminds me of Drew Barrymore...
19 Sep 2009:-) Mikaela coralee Thoutenhoofd
you draw amazing wings
18 Oct 2009:-) Twyla Aidyla McKee
beautiful!!!!
29 Mar 2010:-) Sheenam None chandra
is that the autumn fairy..... i wonder
17 Jul 2010:-) Nick Roberts
The Tuatha de Dannan were the ’people of Dana’. Dana was a major goddess thought to have lived in Ireland before humans. The fairy folk were considered magical beings, who remained invisible most of the time, and kept themselves to their own affairs most of the time.

I like this depiction of Maeve/Maev/Maive/Meḋḃ/Meaḋḃ/Meadhbh/Méabh/Medb, but I suggest there are really two Medbs: the goddess (of intoxication); the (probably mythological) queen of Connaught. Which do we have here?

If it is the queen of Connaught, I suggest the removal of the wings (pretty as they are) and the flowers, as this Medb was, by all accounts, a bloodthirsty warrior and sexually rapacious. She was no fairy!

I’d welcome the addition of a torc. No Celtic queen should be without a torc.
26 Aug 2012:-) Kirsten allison
beautiful, I’m jealous
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'Maeve Sidhe':
 • Created by: :-) Cris Ortega
 • Copyright: ©Cris Ortega. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Faery, Forest, Maeve, Sidhe, Wings
 • Categories: Faery, Fay, Faeries, Woman, Women
 • Techniques: Computer Painted from Scratch, Computer Program
 • Submitted: 2004-12-21 18:13:14
 • Views: 79325
 • Resolution: 514x640

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