White Rose of Avalon

Morgan le Fay

  • The Anne Boleyn and Morgana Le Fay Connection

    Today’s post is inspired by something I mentioned in one of my twitch.tv streams.    I said I always felt there was a connection between Anne Boleyn and Morgana.    So that is my topic of discussion in this post!   Morgana was a witch and faery enchantress, and Anne Boleyn was accused of witchcraft,…

  • Morgana, Mermaids, and Melusine

    Hello my lovely readers!    For today’s post I would like to focus on watery faerie women.   This is a favorite subject of mine, as regular readers here will remember.   For today I want to focus on how Morgana, mermaids, and Melusine are connected.    In particular I want to focus on the…

  • YouTube Update

    I just wanted to let everyone know I am in the process of uploading my video. I has to be in three parts because apparently my 31 minute video was too long for the level of account I have. I hope you will like Origins of Morgana le Fay parts 1-3!

  • Morgana Le Fay as La Belle Dame Sans Merci

    For today’s post I would like to analyze the poem La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats.   This particular analysis will focus on my belief that the Belle Dame of the poem is none other than Morgan Le Fay! Within the poem we meet a knight who is lying near death and tells…

  • Morgana as Vampire Faerie

    Today’s post will be one that I have been thinking about since I first saw Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty.   It is my favorite ballet of all time, and I loved that he used the premise of faeries also being vampires in order to allow the prince and Aurora to fall in love before the…

  • Haunted by Morgana

    For today’s post I would like to share another work of short fiction. This is a story inspired by Arthurian legend and classic legend. I have entitled my short story Haunted by Morgana, and it is a story that integrates the work of Edgar Allan Poe with Arthurian legend. I know that this is shorter…

  • Dark Faeries to Learn About this Samhain

    Hello my lovely readers, as we get closer and closer to the best day of the year, Samhain, I have decided to do a post on dark faeries that would be fun to learn about!   There will be a brief overview of several dark faeries, and I will give readers interested a suggested reading…

  • Daughter of Morgana Poem

    For today’s post I want to share a poem I have written based on my connection to the great enchantress Morgana Le Fay! Daughter of Morgana by Maranda Wabik Dancing along the shore Mists cling to the trees Lights along a path catch the eye. Dancer stops and walks Through a grove of mist Into…

  • Harry Potter References to Arthurian Legends

    For today’s blog post I would like to take a look at the ways in which J.K. Rowling referenced Arthurian legend in the Harry Potter series of books.   Some of these references are very obvious and others are less so.   It is important that we are able to understand just how Rowling was…

  • Morgana Le Fay: A Poem

    For today’s post I would like to share with you a poem I composed about Morgana and what she means to me! Morgana Le Fay By Maranda Wabik Great Lady of Avalon Queen of Apples and Magick Hair dark as a raven’s wing Skin pale as alabaster Lips red as garnet Small in stature Large…