The Faerie Queen is the sovereign of the fairy mound, known in Scotland as the Queen of Elphame, who takes mortals as lovers, servants or musicians, and whose court is both beautiful and lethal. She is the otherworld as a kingdom with a ruler and a law of its own.
Modern Practice
The Faerie Queen is approached with iron and without thanks, at the boundary of a wood or a mound. The practice is the bargain kept exactly and the gift left rather than given.