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  • Embracing the Bean-Sidhe for Samhain Season

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Femme Fatale Friday post is about embracing the energy of the Bean-Sidhe (or Banshee) for Samhain Season!    Now, I know you may wonder, do I want to embrace the energy of the Bean-Sidhe?   Is that not a sad or painful energy to…

  • The Washer at the Ford & Faery Women as Death Omens

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Mermaid Monday blog post is about the Washer at the Ford and Feminine Death Omens!   The Washer at the Ford is a Watery Faery Woman, hence her inclusion in a Mermaid Monday post.   I want to begin by stating that the original…

  • Calan Gaeaf & the Call of the Banshee: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I am sharing a poem about Samhain, here using the Welsh name Calan Gaeaf, and Banshees! Calan Gaeaf & the Call of the Banshee by Maranda Wabik October draws on With the final Harvest coming anon The wind whistles with a startling…

  • Banshees, Dark Women of the Faery Mounds

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is another discussion of Banshees, a favorite species of Faery who is oft misunderstood.    These Wailing Women are thought of as figures of the Monstrous Feminine, while in truth, they are meant to be Faery Women who bring warning of the oncoming…

  • Banshee’s Cry: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a poem about the Banshee and the healing of our traumas! Banshee’s Cry by Maranda Wabik Scream of the Banshee Wailing Woman’s cry Alerts us to a time of Death Things reach their natural end For sometimes we cannot mend Faery Woman, …

  • My Top 10 Female Characters from Supernatural Dramas

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite female characters from several supernatural dramas.   I had a hard time with my top three, as they all basically tied for number one, but I felt I had to choose, so this is the ranking as I feel today!   In…