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Fairytales

  • Faeries of Spring: Faery Stories to Study in the Springtime

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to do a list of some of my favorite Faery Stories to Study in Spring!   I have chosen five stories, three about Faery Queens and two fairytales, all of which I love to read for Spring.   Without…

  • Welcome April with Faery Studies & Lover Goddess Devotionals

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Happy April, and for this first post of this month, I will be exploring Faery studies and Lover Devotionals for this month!    April is very often associated with honoring Aphrodite by many modern magickal and spiritual practitioners, and the Love Goddess’s energy is very…

  • Movies to Watch When You Want to Feel Like a Forest Faery

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    Today’s blog post is another list of film recommendations to make you feel a certain vibe.   In this case, I will be giving you a list of movies to watch when you want to feel like you are a Forest Faery!   Without further…

  • Movies to Watch When You Want to Feel Like Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is another movie recommendation post based on how you want to feel.   For today’s list, I am focusing on films that make you feel like you are Alice Through the Looking Glass, and that means surrealist fantasies abound here!   This list…

  • Movie Suggestions for When You Want to Feel Like a Swan Maiden

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is another list of film recommendations to evoke a certain feeling, this time I am focusing on films that make you feel like a Swan Maiden!   I have broken this list of seven films into two sections, those inspired by Swan Lake…

  • Odette, the Swan Princess

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is about Odette, the Swan Princess!   I decided to choose another fairytale character for this Femme Fatale Friday because I wanted to keep the fairytale theme going for one more day.   I absolutely adore Odette from Swan Lake…

  • ‘The Sun, the Moon, & Talia’: The Ultimate Horror Fairytale

    Welcome to the final day of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Halloween post, I have saved the best for last, and by best, I mean the most horrific.   We will be looking at the ultimate horror fairytale, The Sun, the Moon, and Talia,…

  • ‘Bluebeard’ & the Horrors of His Wives

    Welcome to day six of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Bluebeard and the horrors faced by his wife, all of his wives, for that matter!   Now, this story is one of the most obviously horror-centric of those I will be covering…

  • ‘Hansel and Gretel’ & the Horrors of Childhood

    Welcome to day five of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Hansel and Gretel and the horrors of childhood, but in particular, the focus will be on the cannibalism and murder found in the tale!    The tale of the brother and sister…

  • ‘Rapunzel’ & the Horror of Pure Isolation

    Welcome to day four of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post explores the horror of isolation and what it does to our psyches, as seen in Rapunzel!   Rapunzel is famously imprisoned by the witch Gothel in a tower after her mother had offended the…