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Femme Fatale Friday

  • Bellatrix Lestrange: Witch Bitch

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen a truly fatal female.   In the Harry Potter books there was not a more evil and wicked female magician than Bellatrix Lestrange.    There is literally nothing but blackness and bile in this bitchy witch!    She is an antagonist and rather mad, and is…

  • Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Gothic Icon

    For this last Femme Fatale Friday of October, and in celebration of Gothic Week 2021, I have chosen to discuss Mary Shelley!    Mary Shelley was the daughter of the great feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft and the writer William Godwin.   Mary would lead a rebellious life, making her a perfect choice for Femme Fatale…

  • Sally Skellington: Pumpkin Queen

    Most people who read this blog will know I adore Tim Burton’s work, and especially Nightmare Before Christmas!   So for today’s Femme Fatale Friday here at White Rose of Avalon I will discussing Sally Skellington.   Sally was the lead female of this film, and she is getting her own continuation novel (due out…

  • Emily: The Corpse Bride

    For this third Femme Fatale Friday of October I have chosen to feature the titular character of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride!   Emily is a character with a tragic back story, and all she really wants out of her life, or rather afterlife, is to have true love.     This is what leads her…

  • Morticia Addams: Creepy Matriarch

    For this second Femme Fatale Friday of October here at White Rose of Avalon I have chosen to feature the matriarch of the Addams clan.    Morticia Addams is a wife and mother of two children (and a third born in The Addams Family Values) who takes care of her creepy and kooky family in…

  • Countess of Blood

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday here at White Rose of Avalon I have chosen a very fatal female indeed.    In honor of today being the start of October (and ever closer to Halloween) I will be discussing the story of Erzsebet Bathory!   Erzsebet is most often known in the English speaking world…

  • Morgan Le Fay: Evil Enchantress

    Hello my lovely readers, and welcome to another Femme Fatale Friday here at White Rose of Avalon!    This week I will be writing about the truly fatal side of the Arthurian figure of Morgan Le Fay.   I am sure this is a post some of you may have been waiting for, given that…

  • Eris: Goddess of Chaos

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen the Greek goddess Eris.    She was the goddess of chaos, and was known to cause discord wherever she went.    Eris had the Roman name of Discorda, and was closely identified with the war-goddess Enyo (Homer even used the names interchangeably).   In some versions…

  • Vivienne or Nimue: By Any Name the Enchantress of Merlin

    For this weeks’ Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen to take a brief look at the deadly aspect of Vivienne, or Nimue, the Lady of the Lake that became the undoing of Merlin!    No matter which of her many names you call her by, it is evident that in several versions of the Arthurian…

  • Persephone: Queen of the Dead

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen the figure of the Greek Goddess Persephone.   She is a deity who began as a goddess of springtime and flowers, which made sense given her mother was hearth goddess Demeter.    She would become Queen of the Dead when she married the god of the…