Death and the Maiden – White Rose of Avalon

The Maiden and the Monster: Exploring the Women from ‘King Kong’ and ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. For today’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to discuss two characters from classic Golden Age Hollywood Horror films, as they have some things in common. I was inspired to write this post after my recent rewatch of Creature from the Black Lagoon. …

September 26, 2025

Movie Suggestions for When You Want to Feel Death and the Maiden Energy

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is another list of film recommendations based on how you want to feel. For today’s theme, it is films that give off the energy of the Death and the Maiden motif! The Phantom of the Opera (1925) ~To begin this list, I…

January 30, 2025

‘Labyrinth’, Iconic Fantasy Film & Spiritual Journey: Developing into Our True Selves

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is an examination of the classic 80s fantasy film Labyrinth and how Sarah’s journey (as she becomes a woman and embraces her sexuality while becoming her most true self) mirrors a Spiritual Journey and our own growth and evolution!…

June 14, 2024

Persephone, Goddess of Spring

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is going to be focused on Persephone in her aspect as the Goddess of Spring. We have been in Spring officially for a little over a week, while it is still cooler temperatures than many would like, the signs…

March 29, 2024

The Eleusinian Mysteries, Persephone, Demeter, and the Ultimate Death Mystery Cult

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is going to be all about the Eleusinian Mysteries, at least the small amount of information that we know about it, since this was a true Mystery Cult, with its knowledge lost to history! The concept of learning…

December 8, 2023

My Top 5 Favorite Books About the Goddess Persephone

Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. For today’s post, I have decided to share a countdown of my five favorite books about the Goddess Persephone. I thought that this would be a good list to do in order to recommend some great Queen of the Underworld book content for the…

November 27, 2023

Phantom & Death and the Maiden

Welcome to Day One of Phantom of the Opera Week here on White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. Today’s topic is The Phantom of the Opera and how it relates to the Death and the Maiden motif! I have written pretty extensively about the Death and the Maiden motif here on White Rose…

October 25, 2023

Hades and Persephone & Eros and Psyche: Death and the Maiden & Beauty and the Beast ~An In-Depth Comparison~

For day five of Beauty & the Beast Week, I have decided to focus on the connection between the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone and the myth of Eros and Psyche. Just as Eros and Psyche is one of the origins to Beauty and the Beast, Hades and Persephone is the one of…

February 12, 2023

The Connection Between Death and the Maiden & Beauty and the Beast

For day four of Beauty & the Beast Week, I have decided to discuss the connection between Beauty and the Beast tales and the Death and the Maiden motif. Regular readers of my blog will know that I have long adored the artistic and literary motif known as Death and the Maiden. This…

February 11, 2023

Death and the Maiden in Edgar Allan Poe’s Works

For day five of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to take a look at the Death and the Maiden motif as used in Poe. I did a video that spoke to this principal a few weeks ago. In this post, I will be going a bit deeper into why Victorians were so…

October 29, 2022