May Queen (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "May Queen" in English language version.

refsWebsite

Global rank English rank

1,295^th place

1,196^th place

2web.archive.org

1^st place

1^st place

1british-history.ac.uk

903^rd place

521^st place

1hayfield.uk.net

low place

low place

low place

low place

1books.google.com

3^rd place

3^rd place

low place

low place

1folklorethursday.com

low place

low place

8^th place

10^th place

bartleby.com

Frazer (1922), The Golden Bough, ch. 10 "Relics of tree worship in modern Europe"; Frazer quotes Mannhardt: "The names May, Father May, May Lady, Queen of the May, by which the anthropomorphic spirit of vegetation is often denoted, show that the idea of the spirit of vegetation is blent with a personification of the season at which his powers are most strikingly manifested."
Frazer, James George (1922). "Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Europe". The Golden Bough. a May-tree is erected in the midst of the village [..] The girls dance round it, and at the same time a lad wrapt in leaves and called Father May is led about

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

"May Day history and folklore". bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 30 April 1998. Retrieved 21 August 2020. Sometimes she [the May Queen] was accompanied by a May King, who dressed in green to symbolise springtime and fertility

books.google.com

A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from The Best Poets. With An Introduction by William Cullen Bryant, New York, J.B. Ford and Company, 1871, pp. 239-242.

brentham.com

"May Day". 2 March 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.

british-history.ac.uk

Nichols, J. G. (ed). (1848). The Diary of Henry Machyn: Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London (1550-1563). Retrieved 11 February 2007.

folklorethursday.com

"May Folklore: May Day, Maypoles and May Queens in Britain". folklorethursday.com. FolkloreThursday Ltd. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

hayfield.uk.net

Hayfield.uk.net Archived 2010-07-10 at the Wayback Machine

hyack.bc.ca

New Westminster Hyack Festival Association (2004). "Hyack Festival Events". Archived from the original on 2005-08-25. Retrieved 2006-01-03.

web.archive.org

Hayfield.uk.net Archived 2010-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
New Westminster Hyack Festival Association (2004). "Hyack Festival Events". Archived from the original on 2005-08-25. Retrieved 2006-01-03.