White Rose of Avalon

Arthurian Legend

  • The Mirror Birth Stories of Arthur and Galahad

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how the birth tales of Arthur and Galahad are mirror images of one another!   Now, the story of the conception and birth of King Arthur is very commonly known to those of us who study the Arthurian legends.   The…

  • The Most Romantic Faery Love Stories of the Arthuriad

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be about some of my favorite romantic love stories which feature a Faery!   In particular, this will be a brief overview of four of my favorite Arthurian Faery Love Stories.   I know that many other love stories from…

  • Iseult, Faery Queen & Lover of the Knight Tristan

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is about Iseult, often known as Isolde, the Faery Queen who married King Marc of Cornwall and had a famed love affair with the Knight Tristan.    In many ways, we can see her as a great counterpart of Guinevere,…

  • The Rivalry Between Sir Lancelot and Sir Gawain in the Arthurian Legends

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s blog post is about the famed Arthurian rivalry between Lancelot and Gawain.    Although both are important Knights of the Round Table, they are often shown to be at odds with each other.    That is why I want to go over some of…

  • Modron, Faery Queen Goddess of Late Summer & Early Autumn

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is about Modron as a Faery Queen Goddess whose energy is very prominent at the end of Summer and going into early Autumn!   If you are on my Patreon, you will know that a couple of weeks ago…

  • A Look at Emily Carding’s Faery Astrology

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be looking at Emily Carding’s Faery Astrology, as discussed in her book Faery Craft.   Emily Carding used her knowledge of Astrology and Faerylore to create a full twelve zodiac signs that align with the traditional Western Zodiac.   I…

  • Guinevere in the Welsh Celtic Triads

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday post, I have decided to examine where Guinevere appears in the famed Welsh Celtic Triads.   I have accessed the text of these two triads at https://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/sechard/344guen.htm.   For those that do not know, the Welsh Celtic Triads were…

  • Red & White Dragons of Dinas Emrys: Dragons in Arthurian Lore

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at the Red and White Dragons of Welsh folklore!   There is an early story about a young Merlin being brought before the current King Vortigen.   Vortigen had him brought forward, as he had…

  • We Need to Talk About Camelot (2011)!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is all about showing some love to the little-known, sadly short-lived, and tragically underrated television show Camelot from 2011!   So I have mentioned this show in other posts and videos when I was talking about some of my favorite portrayals of Morgan…

  • White, Red, and Black Springs of Avalon: Tending Our Inner Wells

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how we can use the imagery of the White, Red, and Black Springs of Avalon to tend to our own Inner Wells.   In this way, we can become our own Well Maidens, communing with the Waters of the Soul! WHITE…