IRISH FAERIE QUEEN AEVAL

Among the Celts of Ireland, Aeval was the Fairy Queen of Munster. She held a midnight court to determine if husbands were satisfying their wives' sexual needs, or not, as the women charged. She deemed that men were both prudish and lazy, and commanded that they bow to the women's sexual wishes.

The name Aeval, also spelled Aoibheal or Aoibhell, is pronounced 'eeval'. The name literally means burning fire, which may have been a byword for the notion of ‘ardor’.