Editing Oberon (section)

==Other historical and cultural references==
* Oberon is a character in ''The Scottish History of James IV'', a play written {{circa|1590|lk=no}} by [[Robert Greene (16th century)|Robert Greene]].
* In 1610, [[Ben Jonson]] wrote a [[masque]] of ''[[Oberon, the Faery Prince]]''. It was performed by [[Henry Frederick Stuart]], the Prince of Wales, at the English court on New Year's Day, 1611.
* Oberon is a main character in [[Michael Drayton]]'s narrative poem ''Nimphidia'' (1627) about the fairy Pigwiggin's love for [[Queen Mab]] and the jealousy of King Oberon.
* In the anonymous book ''Robin Goodfellow, His Mad Pranks and Merry Jests'' (1628) Oberon is known as "Obreon" and is the father of the half-fairy [[Robin Goodfellow]] by a human woman.
* [[Christoph Martin Wieland]] first published his epic poem ''Oberon'' in 1780; it in turn became the basis (as indicated on the title page) for the German opera ''Huon and Amanda'' (''Hüon und Amande'' in German), later known as ''[[Oberon (Seyler)|Oberon]]'', by [[Sophie Seyler]]. A plagiarized version of Seyler's opera<ref>[[Peter Branscombe]], ''W. A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte'', [[Cambridge University Press]], 1991, p. 28</ref> called ''[[Oberon (Giesecke)|Oberon]]'' by [[Karl Ludwig Giesecke]] with music by [[Paul Wranitzky]] debuted in Vienna shortly afterwards. Both operas enjoyed popularity. After extensive performances of the Giesecke version at the coronation of [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]] in Frankfurt in 1791, it was much performed in Europe until it was surpassed in popularity by [[Carl Maria von Weber|Weber's]] opera ''[[Oberon (Weber)|Oberon]]''.
* Oberon and Titania are main characters in the 1789 Danish opera ''[[Holger Danske (opera)|Holger Danske]]'', with music by [[F.L.Æ. Kunzen]] and libretto by [[Jens Baggesen]].
* [[Johann Wolfgang Goethe]] included the figures from Shakespeare's work in [[Goethe's Faust|Faust I]]. Oberon is married to Titania, and the couple are celebrating their golden [[wedding anniversary]] in Faust I.
* In 1826, [[Carl Maria von Weber]]'s opera, ''[[Oberon (Weber)|Oberon]]'', (written after [[Oberon (poem)|a poem]] by [[Christoph Martin Wieland]] translated to an English libretto by [[James Robinson Planche]]) debuted at [[Royal Opera House|Covent Garden]] in London, England.
* Oberon appears with Titania in [[Richard Dadd]]'s unfinished painting, [[The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke]], displayed in the [[Tate Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dadd-the-fairy-fellers-master-stroke-t00598|access-date=2022-04-24|website=Tate Museum|language=en}}</ref>
*Two main characters in [[John Crowley (author)|John Crowley]]’s [[Little, Big]], a 1981 multi-generational novel about a family’s interaction with the fae, are named Auberon.

A fanciful etymology was given for the name ''Oberon'' by [[Charles Mackay (author)|Charles Mackay]] in his book ''The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe'' along with many other theories on words found in the English language that have not found mainstream acceptance.<ref>The author of ''Word Origins…And How We Know Them'', Oxford University Press, 2005 and ''An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction'' University Of Minnesota Press, 2008</ref><ref>
[http://blog.oup.com/2010/05/old-slang-rogue/ Oxford Etymologist]</ref>