Arthurian Legend – Page 4 – White Rose of Avalon

Sir Gawain & Dame Ragnelle: The Knight & the Loathly Lady

Welcome to day three of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is about the Knight Gawain and his wife, Ragnelle! Ragnelle falls into the Loathly Lady category as she enters the story by appearing as an old woman. The Loathly Lady is often literally described as…

February 10, 2025

Yvain & Laudine: The Knight with the Lion & the Lady of the Fountain

Welcome to day two of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is about the love between the Knight Yvain and his wife, the Faery Queen Laudine! I want to note that their story is present in both The Mabinogion and the French Arthurian Romances by Chretien de…

February 9, 2025

Announcing Love Week 2025!

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is to announce that my fifth annual Love Week will begin on Saturday! I chose to announce two days before the beginning of the theme week because I wanted to do a traditional Femme Fatale Friday post tomorrow. So, as is…

February 6, 2025

Tapping into the Energy of the Flower Bride in Winter

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s blog post is about tapping into the energy of the May Queen and Flower Bride during the Winter season! This may seem like an odd topic, or an odd idea, to embrace an energy of the Flower Bride, the May Queen, outside of…

January 23, 2025

Movie Suggestions for When You Want to Feel Like a Medieval Maiden

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is a fun and light-hearted one where I give you movie suggestions based on how you want to feel. In this case, these are suggestions for films that give off the energy of a Medieval Maiden, or Damsel, if you will! …

January 18, 2025

Thoughts on the Queen of Swords Archetype

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s blog post is about the Queen of Swords Archetype and how to tap into her energy of balancing Silky Regal Elegance with the Backbone of Steel! The Queen of Swords is often a difficult Divine Feminine Tarot archetype for many people, as she…

December 25, 2024

The Evolution of Yuletide ‘Green’ Traditions

Happy Winter Solstice, and welcome to the final day of the Green Knight Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings! Today’s post is about the evolution of Yuletide Green Traditions. The Green figures of the Green Man and the Green Knight can be seen as very similar figures, as both are…

December 21, 2024

Morgan le Fay and Guinevere in ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’: the Winter Goddess and the Summer Goddess

Welcome to day six of the Green Knight Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings! Today’s post is also this week’s Femme Fatale Friday post, so I will be discussing Morgan le Fay and her plot to kill Guinevere in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as a battle between a Winter…

December 20, 2024

A Faery Queen’s Testing of a Knight in ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’

Welcome to day five of the Green Knight Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings! Today’s post is about the relationship between Gawain and Morgan le Fay in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the archetypal testing of the Knight. Now, this is a prime example, if not the prime example,…

December 19, 2024

Faery Glamour within ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’

Welcome to day four of the Green Knight Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings! Today’s post is about how Faery Glamour is utilized in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Faery Glamour in this tale is not really referred to as such by name, but more so stated as…

December 18, 2024