For today’s post, I have decided that I would do a post on my five favorite Alice in Wonderland adaptations. I truly am MAD for these adaptations in the best way! I will not be ranking these, as I do not believe that I could really pick favorites amongst them! Alice in Wonderland (1951)…
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Sleeping Beauty: A Poem
For today’s post, I have decided to share a poem about my favorite faerytale. Sleeping Beauty by Maranda Wabik Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn Briar Rose, Beauty that makes men Fawn Sleeping Beauty, Tale told millions of times Sometimes via elaborate rhymes Phillip, Prince who slayed the Enchanted Dragon Their Love was True Maleficent, Magnificent…
Read MoreWhy Each of My 5 Favorite Faerytales Appeal to Me
For today’s post, I have decided to do an analysis of why my favorite fairytales appeal to me personally! I will be going over my five favorites Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel, and The Little Mermaid. My first two favorite fairytales have long been my favorites, not to change…
Read MoreBeauty and the Beast, The Classical Faerytale
For day one of Beauty & the Beast Week, I have decided to start with the classical fairytale interpretation of the tale. The original fairytale of Beauty and the Beast was famously recorded by two different French fairytale authors. It is often viewed as the most French of all fairytales, famously having never…
Read MoreMagic Mirrors
For today’s post, I have decided to discuss the magick of mirrors. Mirrors have always had magical connotations from Snow White’s Evil Queen gazing into her mirror asking “Who is the Fairest One of All?” to the Lady of Shalott whose mirror “Crack’d side to side” after she became enamored by Lancelot. The…
Read MoreBriar Rose, She Who is the Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to focus on various interpretations of Sleeping Beauty as a character and archetype. Whether we call her Briar Rose, Aurora, or simply The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, she is an integral figure in fairytale and folkloric history. As Sleeping Beauty is my absolute…
Read MoreClara, Nutcracker Heroine
For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to discuss the heroine of one of the most classic Winter fairytales. Clara is the main character of The Nutcracker, but in particular, I want to look at her as she is portrayed in the Disney re-imagining The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. I actually…
Read MoreLiving Dead Dolls: Scary Tales, Snow White Review
For today’s post, I have decided to do something a little bit different. I want to do a review of Living Dead Dolls: Snow White. She is part of their Scary Tales collection of dolls and I received her as a Yuletide gift from my amazing husband Andrew! This was an ideal…
Read MoreThe Frost King; or The Power of Love by Louisa May Alcott
For day six of Winter Faerytale Week, I have decided to focus on a tale by Louisa May Alcott. The Frost King; or The Power of Love is one of the Wintery fairytales written by the author best known for her iconic novel Little Women. This is the story of a faery named Violet…
Read MoreRed Riding Hood, Allegory for the Phases of Womanhood
For day five of Winter Faerytale Week, I have chosen the topic of the tale Red Riding Hood. This tale has a very Wintery feeling for me, as the young girl is taking a care package to her grandmother during a bleak time. She is walking alone in the forest, after having been…
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White Rose of Avalon 