White Rose of Avalon

Mermaid

  • Undine & Sylph Poem

    For today’s post, I have decided to share another poem that I wrote.   This one is about mermaids and air faeries! Undine & Sylph by Maranda Wabik Swimming by the light of the moon I hear a faery tune As mermaids sing The flapping of a faery’s wing On a full moon’s night Mermaids…

  • Finding Your Element

    For today’s post, I have decided to discuss the subject of figuring out which of the four elements that you most connect to.    For me, this was easy, as I have always been a huge lover of the water!    I certainly am a watery woman, and this is more than just loving the…

  • Mermaids and the Moon

    For today’s post, I would like to take a brief look at the connection between mermaids and the moon.   This was utilized to great effect in the Australian television series H2O: Just Add Water, and its follow-up series Mako Mermaids: An H2O Adventure.   However, the concept of mermaids having a deep and powerful…

  • The Wild Nature of Water Poem

    For today’s post, I have decided to share a short poem about the power of water. The Wild Nature of Water by Maranda Wabik Water flowing Droplets shimmer A dewy glistening As the tide washes Over their bodies. Cresting and ebbing Lapping at the shoreline Lovers embracing In the most sacred of acts. Mermaids swim…

  • Morgana’s Mermaid Archetypes

    For today’s post, I would like to look at the watery mermaid archetypes found in Celtic lore!    That is why this post is titled Morgana’s Mermaid Archetypes.   Water was sacred to the ancient Celts, and they viewed the world as divided based on elements.   The land of the air, land of the…

  • The Faery Melusina Poem

    For today’s blog, I have decided to share a poem I have composed about Melusine.   She was a Mermaid Faery Queen from whom many medieval royals claimed descent! The Faery Melusina by Maranda Wabik On a Saturday, A Faery Queen Enters a tub. Her legs become scales. As her mermaid tail appears. She floats …

  • My Top 10 Non-Fiction Faery Books

    For today’s post, I have decided to make a list of my top ten favorite Faery books.   In this case, these are non-fiction books that focus on faery lore!   As will be apparent to regular readers of my blog, I am a huge fan of anything faery.   I have been studying faery…

  • A Trip to Faeryland Poem

    For today’s post, I have decided to share a poem inspired by Faery. A Trip to Faeryland by Maranda Wabik Dive into the depths Swim into the psyche Plunge into the water. Arrive in the Otherworld, A place of Enchantment, A place of Faery. Mystical beings abound, I am happy to be around! Drink of…

  • Fly and Swim Poem

    For today’s post, I have decided to share another of my poems. Fly and Swim by Maranda Wabik I feel the ethereal wings, The wings that were mine Once upon a time. They are misty and glistening Ephemeral and enchanting. I wish to fly away As I could eons ago. Imagination allows us to travel.…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Disney Songs

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite Disney songs.   I have narrowed it down to only songs from animated feature films.   Of course, all but one of these have been made (or is being made) into live-action versions, but I chose the version from the animated film…