White Rose of Avalon

Femme Fatale Friday

  • Colette, Rebel Author

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen to discuss the French author Colette!   She is a favorite of mine, and I adore reading her novels in the original French.   Colette was a writer who began to gain notoriety in France after she got recognized for her work, which had previously been…

  • Darla, Vamp Tramp

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen to take a look at Darla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.   I have always been a huge fan of fantasy and supernatural-based books, films, and television.   Specifically, as someone that was a child in the 1990s, I grew up watching these shows…

  • Megara, Hercule’s Sassy Bride

     For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen to discuss Megara, wife of Hercules.   In particular, I will be looking at her Disney version!   The Disney film Hercules takes a variation on the traditional Greco-Roman myths.   In order to make the myths palatable for younger viewers, they had to make the…

  • Esmeralda, Notre Dame Siren

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen to write about the female lead of Victor Hugo’s Hunchback of Norte Dame.   Esmeralda was a Romani, more commonly referred to as Gypsy, who danced in the streets in order to gain enough money to live on.   She truly loves living amongst the Gypsies…

  • Serena, Bewitched Siren

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen to discuss the character of Serena from the 1960s sitcom Bewitched.    Serena was the cousin of Samantha Stephens, and was also portrayed by the fantastic Elizabeth Montgomery!    In the credits there was a running joke of listing the actress playing Serena as “Pandora Spocks”…

  • Maeve: Irish Faery Queen

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen to discuss the Goddess Maeve!   Maeve was a faery Queen and her name literally means “she who intoxicates.”   There are several versions of her name, as is common for Celtic deities.   One of her most common names is Medb.    I would also…

  • Venus or Aphrodite, By Any Name Goddess of Love

    For Femme Fatale Friday for this Love Week 2022 I have chosen to write about the most iconic Goddess of Love!    Aphrodite is her name in Greece, and in Rome, she was called Venus.   She is the embodiment of love, lust, and sexuality! Her relationships are many in the myths.   She is…

  • Dion Fortune

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday I have decided to write about the great occult writer and practitioner of the early twentieth century, Dion Fortune.    Yesterday I wrote a review of two of her best known works of occult fiction.    Today I want to share a bit more about this complex and enigmatic…

  • Death of Thelma Todd

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday post I have decided to choose the story of the death of Thelma Todd.    I was originally going to do this on a Twitch stream, however, I was not able to do that.    Instead I thought it would make a good topic to cover for Femme Fatale…

  • Maid Marian

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen the subject of Maid Marian.    Marian is the central female figure in the stories of Robin Hood.    She is often depicted as a woman fought over by several men, but staying true and loving only the titular Robin Hood!    This will be a…