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Fairytales

  • ‘Snow White’ & the Horror of Envy

    Welcome to day three of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is what I am calling Snow White Sunday, as I am going to be examining the horror of envy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs!   The story of Snow White is full…

  • ‘The Little Mermaid’ & the Horror of Ambition

    Welcome to day two of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is also a Siren Saturday post, so what better way to celebrate that than to examine more body horror, this time from Andersen’s original The Little Mermaid?   This body horror is very different…

  • ‘Cinderella’ & the Horror of Wickedness

    Welcome to day one of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   This is also Femme Fatale Friday of this week, so I thought it was the ideal time to discuss the Wicked Stepsisters of Cinderella.   In particular, I will be going over the body horror of…

  • Announcing Gothic Romance Week 2024: The Horror of Fairytales!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is the announcement of my fourth annual Gothic Romance Week.   As always, the week runs from tomorrow, October 25th through October 31st.    I am so excited to be doing yet another Gothic Romance Week here on White Rose of Avalon.   …

  • We Need to Talk About ‘Stardust’ (2007), an Underrated Fantasy Gem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is about the 2007 film Stardust which is based on the Neil Gaiman novel of the same name.   It tells the story of Tristan Thorn (played by Charlie Cox), a young man raised by his father in a small English town called…

  • Could Our Favorite Fairytale Protagonists be Faeries?

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about looking at fairytale protagonists as possibly being Faeries themselves.   This is no new concept for me to examine, but today I wanted to go over a few examples and show some threads of commonality as to why I think so…

  • Andersen’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Mermaid Monday my look at and analysis of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen.   So, I want to be clear that this story is a very different, much darker, and more depressing tale than its Disney film counterpart.   …

  • Sleeping Curses & Shadow Work, the Heroine’s Journey in ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘Snow White’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how Sleeping Curses in fairytales can function as Shadow Work!   So, most of my regular readers will know that my top two favorite fairytales are Sleeping Beauty and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.    Both of these fairytales have…

  • Alice’s Wonderland, A Journey Through the Looking Glass to Embracing Our Inner Maiden

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s blog post is about capturing the Spring energy of the Maiden, our youthful and childlike aspect, and our inner child!    I am framing this journey of honoring the inner child with Alice in Wonderland, as it has long been a favorite story of…

  • The Queen of Pentacles & Faerytales

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how the Queen of Pentacles archetype is experienced in my two favorite fairytales!   The energy of the Queen of Pentacles is both the young Spring Maiden, Flower Bride, and May Queen energy as well as the High Queen, Queen of…