White Rose of Avalon

Arthurian Legend

  • My Top 5 Favorite Portrayals of Merlin in Visual Media

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a countdown of my five favorite portrayals of Merlin across visual media!   As a huge lover of Arthurian legends since a young age, I have seen countless adaptations of the legends.   It took some narrowing down, so I did not…

  • Swans, Birds of Otherworldly Enchantment

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Swans and their significance in tales of the Otherworld.    The idea for this post came to me in a spark of Awen (Celtic concept of inspiration) when I was doing my morning yoga.    I was in pigeon pose, which…

  • Embracing a Personal Connection to the Ninefold

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is about finding your own personal Ninefold, through Goddesses of the Celtic lands that you are drawn to honor in your practice.    I find that given this post is so deeply rooted in the Divine Feminine, it is…

  • Watery Portals to the Otherworld

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be about Watery Portals to the Otherworld, a very common occurrence in Celtic lore!   I will go into different Water Portal locations and the significance of Watery Portals in their own small sections.   Without further ado, let’s look…

  • Poetic Analysis of ‘The Lady of Shalott’ (1832) by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    For today’s post, I have decided to share my analysis of the poem The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.   I have long adored this Arthurian poem about the ill-fated Lady whose heart was overcome by love for Sir Lancelot!   She has…

  • Duality & Triads: A Deeper Spiritual Perspective

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to focus on the concept of having a deeper perspective on spirituality than simply a view based on love and light alone.   I will be examining duality and triads to show the depth of our spiritual beliefs.   Each will…

  • The Time of Blodeuwedd

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be about the Time of Blodeuwedd in the Sisterhood of Avalon tradition, as we have just entered this time with the Full Moon in Virgo on Saturday!   Now, I obviously celebrate Blodeuwedd all year round, being that I am…

  • Nimue, Lady of the Lake & Lover of Merlin

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is about Nimue, the great Lady of the Lake, and famed Lover of Merlin, who doomed him!   I have written so many times about the importance of the Lady of the Lake in Arthurian legends.   I have discussed…

  • Excalibur & the Scabbard of Invulnerability

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be all about the sword Excalibur and the Scabbard of Invulnerability!   As we all know, one of the most iconic items in all of the Arthurian legends is the sword Excalibur.    Excalibur is the famed sword of King…

  • A Faery King’s Tie to the Land

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a bit of an expansion of the idea of having a King who is literally tied to the Land, which I analyzed in my review of The Folk of the Air Trilogy.   I wanted to go deeper and analyze how this…