The Green Knight Week – White Rose of Avalon

The Evolution of Yuletide ‘Green’ Traditions

Happy Winter Solstice, and welcome to the final day of the Green Knight Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings! Today’s post is about the evolution of Yuletide Green Traditions. The Green figures of the Green Man and the Green Knight can be seen as very similar figures, as both are…

December 21, 2024

Morgan le Fay and Guinevere in ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’: the Winter Goddess and the Summer Goddess

Welcome to day six of the Green Knight Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings! Today’s post is also this week’s Femme Fatale Friday post, so I will be discussing Morgan le Fay and her plot to kill Guinevere in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as a battle between a Winter…

December 20, 2024

A Faery Queen’s Testing of a Knight in ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’

Welcome to day five of the Green Knight Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings! Today’s post is about the relationship between Gawain and Morgan le Fay in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the archetypal testing of the Knight. Now, this is a prime example, if not the prime example,…

December 19, 2024

Faery Glamour within ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’

Welcome to day four of the Green Knight Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings! Today’s post is about how Faery Glamour is utilized in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Faery Glamour in this tale is not really referred to as such by name, but more so stated as…

December 18, 2024

The Green Knight and the Devil Card in Tarot

Welcome to day three of the Green Knight Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings! Today’s post is a Tarot Tuesday look at the Green Knight and his relationship to the Devil card in Tarot. This relationship between the Green Knight and the energy of the Devil card is well attested…

December 17, 2024

The Green Knight and the Ghost of Christmas Present

Welcome to day two of the Green Knight Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings! Today’s post is about the Green Knight and how he relates to the Ghost of Christmas Present in Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. I want to note that this topic is part of what inspired me to…

December 16, 2024

The J.R.R. Tolkien Translation of ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ Book Review

Welcome to day one of the Green Knight Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings! Today’s post is a review of the Tolkien translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which I have just re-read for the first time since high school. While I do tend to read the story…

December 15, 2024

Announcing The Green Knight Week on White Rose of Avalon!

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is a special announcement of a new theme week. I am very pleased to announce that I have decided to do an entire week devoted to the Green Knight, beginning tomorrow! As Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of…

December 14, 2024