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Femme Fatale Friday

  • Betty White: A Special Femme Fatale Friday Tribute

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen to do a different kind of post.    While I will be talking about another powerful and inspiring female, I will not focus on just what makes her strong or her life story.    I have chosen to do a bit of a tribute and discussion…

  • Skadi, Norse Goddess of Winter

    To continue our Wintery themes for this Holiday season I have decided on Skadi for this week’s Femme Fatale Friday.    She is the Norse Goddess of Winter!   Her name could mean either harm or shadows.   This makes a lot of sense for a Goddess who is associated with a very dark and…

  • Beira, Queen of Winter

    Hello my Lovely readers, and welcome to Femme Fatale Friday~Holiday Edition!    For this winter holiday Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen the Queen of Winter from Celtic myth, Beira as my subject! Beira comes to us from Celtic cultures, especially Scotland and Ireland.    Alternately she is said to be known as Cailleach.  …

  • Jayne Mansfield, Hollywood’s Tragic Sex Symbol

    Welcome back my Lovely readers!    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday here at White Rose of Avalon I have chosen Jayne Mansfield.    Jayne is often thought of only in terms of being an attempted replacement for Marilyn Monroe, or as the “Poor Man’s Marilyn.”   However, she was an intriguing figure in her…

  • Hekate, Goddess of Witches

    Hello my Lovely readers, and welcome back to Femme Fatale Friday!   For this week’s Femme Fatale I have chosen the Greek Goddess of witchcraft, Hekate.    She is a powerful and shadowy figure that I felt is perfect for this dark time of the year, and she is a truly fascinating Goddess! Hekate is…

  • Dorothy Parker: Jazz Age Poetess

    In honor of this poetry filled week here at White Rose of Avalon I have chosen a poet for this week’s Femme Fatale Friday!   My poet of choice is the great Jazz Age icon Dorothy Parker.   While known best for her quips and acid wit, she is also a woman who had a…

  • Kathryn Howard: Doomed Tudor Queen

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen to look at the story of Henry VIII’s infamous fifth Queen!   Kathryn Howard was just a teenager when she caught the eye of the aging monarch.   She is most noted for being the second Queen that he beheaded.   I feel much empathy for…

  • Marie of France, Duchess of Champagne

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen Marie of France, Countess of Champagne!    This will be a very brief post about this French princess who became a Countess.  Marie was the daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France.    She would be married off the the Duke of Champagne.…

  • Anne Boleyn, King’s Concubine

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen the topic of Anne Boleyn as a King’s Concubine.   This is the negative view of her taken by many, but in particular Eustice Chapyus, who was the the Imperial Ambassador and an ardent supporter of Katherine of Aragon and Mary.   This is also a…

  • 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…