White Rose of Avalon

Fairytales

  • Could Our Favorite Fairytale Protagonists be Faeries?

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about looking at fairytale protagonists as possibly being Faeries themselves.   This is no new concept for me to examine, but today I wanted to go over a few examples and show some threads of commonality as to why I think so…

  • Andersen’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Mermaid Monday my look at and analysis of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen.   So, I want to be clear that this story is a very different, much darker, and more depressing tale than its Disney film counterpart.   …

  • Sleeping Curses & Shadow Work, the Heroine’s Journey in ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘Snow White’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how Sleeping Curses in fairytales can function as Shadow Work!   So, most of my regular readers will know that my top two favorite fairytales are Sleeping Beauty and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.    Both of these fairytales have…

  • ‘Labyrinth’, Iconic Fantasy Film & Spiritual Journey: Developing into Our True Selves

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is an examination of the classic 80s fantasy film Labyrinth and how Sarah’s journey (as she becomes a woman and embraces her sexuality while becoming her most true self) mirrors a Spiritual Journey and our own growth and evolution!…

  • Alice in Wonderland & The Fool’s Journey!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland relates to the Fool’s Journey in Tarot!   For the purpose of this post, I will be looking at some of the events in each chapter of the first book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and how…

  • Alice’s Wonderland, A Journey Through the Looking Glass to Embracing Our Inner Maiden

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s blog post is about capturing the Spring energy of the Maiden, our youthful and childlike aspect, and our inner child!    I am framing this journey of honoring the inner child with Alice in Wonderland, as it has long been a favorite story of…

  • 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…

  • The Queen of Pentacles & Faerytales

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how the Queen of Pentacles archetype is experienced in my two favorite fairytales!   The energy of the Queen of Pentacles is both the young Spring Maiden, Flower Bride, and May Queen energy as well as the High Queen, Queen of…

  • Let’s Talk About Anna, a Theory About Disney’s Frozen

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is all about Anna from Disney’s Frozen!   Being a huge fairytale lover, I have long had a soft spot for Frozen, and truly enjoy the alternate take on the Hans Christian Andersen tale The Snow Queen.   While I do love Elsa,…

  • A Very Biased Ranking of All Seven Season of Once Upon a Time!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is another season-by-season ranking of a television show I adore.    As always with a ranking like this one, these are my very biased opinions about the quality of each season of a series.    Today’s ranking is of all seven seasons of…