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Faery

  • Faerie Queen Maeve

    The Faerie Queen Maeve is an Irish goddess.   She is strong willed and glamorous deity!   Maeve is often described by other name such as Medb.    In poetry and plays she is often simply called Mab.    Percy Shelley and William Shakespeare have both utilized the name Mab for Faerie Queens.    Legends…

  • Beauty in Fairytales

    The subject of beauty in fairytales is one that is present in many folk tales.   The word beauty even appears on titles of fairytales like Beauty and the Beast and Sleeping Beauty. In Snow White the Wicked Queen is a prime example of vanity in a woman who is aging.   The Queen is…

  • Morgan Le Fay

    Morgan Le Fay was the half-sister of King Arthur in many tellings of the Arthurian legends.   She was a faerie woman and sorceress, and is often depicted as an evil figure.   She is mostly depicted as the mother of Mordred, although sometimes Morgause is his mother.   In popular culture Morgan featured in…

  • Rumpelstiltzkin

    The tale of the faerie man called Rumpelstiltzkin is one of a man who can turn straw into gold.   He came to the aide of a young woman who was tasked with turning straw into gold by a king.   Since she was a simple miller’s daughter she was willing to give up anything…

  • Fairytale Re-Imaginings

    Today I want to discuss the multitude of fairytale re-imaginings that have become so popular in the last decade.   The major surge in re-imaginings in my opinion began with Once Upon a Time in 2011.    Also in 2011 the film version of the novel Beastly came out.   In 2014 Maleficent turned the…

  • Arthurian Love Triangle

    The most famous of the romantic Arthurian legends is of course the love triangle amongst Lancelot, Guinevere, and Arthur.   I am someone absolutely obsessed with the romantic relationships within the world of Arthur!   I actually love both sides of this love triangle, and I go back and forth over which relationship is my…

  • Lancelot du Lac

    Lancelot du Lac was the bravest knight in the court of Camelot!   His most famous tales involved his love with Guinevere.   Lancelot was added to the Arthurian legends by Chretien de Troyes, a French poet in the thirteenth century.    His first ever tale was the Knight and the Cart. Lancelot’s surname du…

  • Faerie Brides

    The tradition of faerie woman luring men into Faery to be with them is a long one.   Equally long is the tradition of faerie woman leaving Faery to be married to human men on earth!    That’s right today’s subject is faerie and human couplings!   Countless fairytales, myths, legends, and poems present the…

  • Maleficent

    Maleficent is the antagonist of Disney’s 1959 Sleeping Beauty.   She is a wicked faery who has the magical ability to transform into a dragon.   In 2014 the story of Sleeping Beauty was re-imagined in Disney’s Maleficent.   She was portrayed by Angelina Jolie, and Elle Fanning brought life to Aurora!   In 2019…

  • The Vila

    The Vila are faeries of Slavic folklore who love to dance, but will turn viscous if you are guilty of hunting and harming forest creatures.   They are protectors of the forest, similar to Greek nymphs, but much more viscous!    In many tellings they are also protectors of women, and will lure men to…