Hello my lovely readers, and welcome to Femme Fatale Friday, here at White Rose of Avalon. For this week’s femme fatale I have chosen to discuss the life and legend of Cleopatra VII of Egypt. She was the last queen of Egypt, and an icon of female power in an era when…
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Prisoner Queens
Many queens throughout history have been held captive. Obviously, the Tudor queens who had been executed were held prisoner first. Anne Boleyn spent from May 2, 1536 to May 19, 1536 (when she was executed) in the tower. Likewise, Katheryn Howard and Jane Grey spent time captive before they were executed. …
Read MoreQueens as Polyglots
A polyglot is someone that speaks multiple languages, and we can see some important queens numbered among them. Cleopatra, Elizabeth I, and Mary Queen of Scots all spoke at least six languages! It is unsurprising that royal children would be given the education that would allow them to speak multiple languages. What is…
Read MoreLove Goddesses
Goddesses of love and sex appear in culture after culture around the ancient world. Sex as a means of worship is very common and even important in ancient cultures and polytheistic religions. In Greece and Rome she was Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus. In Celtic regions there were several Goddesses associated…
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