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Movie Suggestions for When You Want to Feel Like a Medieval Maiden

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is a fun and light-hearted one where I give you movie suggestions based on how you want to feel. In this case, these are suggestions for films that give off the energy of a Medieval Maiden, or Damsel, if you will! …

January 18, 2025

Off with the Faeries: Falling into Faeryland

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s blog post is about the phrase ‘off with the faeries’ and what it has meant historically, relating to the folklore of being trapped in Faerylands, as well as what it can mean today. I do want to note that this phrase is also…

January 16, 2025

‘Melusine’ by Jean d’Arras Book Review

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is a review of the book Melusine; or, The Noble History of Lusignan by Jean d’Arras. Of course, I had read this book years ago, but I have recently re-read this tome as research in preparation for the Melusine Online Class I…

January 9, 2025

Thoughts on the Empress Archetype and Enduring Winter

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is about the Empress in Tarot and Enduring Winter and the hardships that may occur during this trying season. This is a concept I have been thinking about quite a bit lately, so I wanted to share some thoughts I have been…

December 22, 2024

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 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