White Rose of Avalon

Femme Fatale Friday

  • Cerridwen’s Chase & The Spiritual Journey

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided that I will focus on the Welsh Celtic Goddess Cerridwen and the most famous part of her story, the chase of Gwion Bach after he imbibed the three drops of Awen meant for her son.   …

  • Branwen, the White Raven of Avalon

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post will be focused on the Welsh Celtic Goddess Branwen.    Branwen is a Goddess associated with Avalon, whose tale teaches us about the importance of compassion!   Many people associate her with being a Goddess of Love as well…

  • Blodeuwedd, Flower Goddess Turned Owl

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to discuss one of my favorite Welsh Celtic Goddesses, Blodeuwedd.   In particular, I want to explore her transformational qualities and her relationship with Gronw sparking the transition from Flower Goddess to Owl Goddess!    …

  • Phoebe Halliwell, 90s Witch Icon

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to write about my favorite character from my all-time favorite television series, Phoebe Halliwell.   Phoebe is introduced in the pilot episode of Charmed “Something Wicca This Way Comes” as the youngest of the trio of…

  • Enchantress, Shadow Queen, Wild Woman Mystic

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is going to be talking about three different feminine archetypes.   This is a bit of a different Femme Fatale Friday post, as it is not about a specific character or historical figure, but I feel this will be an…

  • La Belle Dame, Poetic Faery Woman

    Welcome to Day Five of Poetry Week, and this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, my Darlings!   For a subject, I have decided to discuss one of my all-time favorite poems yet again.   But this time I will be focusing on the personality of the Faery Woman of La Belle Dame Sans Merci in depth!…

  • Mata Hari: Spy & Double Agent of WWI

    Welcome back to Femme Fatale Friday on White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   This week, I have chosen a truly fatal female, one that is known best to us as Mata Hari.   She was a double agent and spy during the First World War, then simply called the Great War.   Her famous…

  • The Morgan le Fay & Maleficent Connection

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darling readers!   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday post, I have decided to write a bit of a companion to Tuesday’s post about Sleeping Beauty as the most Faery of fairytales.   This one will focus on the connection between Morgan le Fay and Maleficent, which…

  • Ophelia, Gothic Heroine of Shakespearean Literature

    Welcome my Darling readers to this week’s Femme Fatale Friday!   I have decided to discuss the topic of Ophelia, the female lead of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.    In particular, I want to discuss her as a Gothic-style heroine!   I have already done a video on this subject, which I will link to at the…

  • Nadja, Comic Vampiress

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darling readers!   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to focus on the character of Nadja from the hilarious sitcom What We Do In The Shadows.   This sitcom is based on the New Zealand film of the same title that came out in…