White Rose of Avalon

Fairytales

  • The Snow Queen and Frozen in Comparison

    Welcome to day one of Winter Faerytale Week here at White Rose of Avalon.   For this first post, I have chosen the topic of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen.   In particular, I will be comparing and contrasting it with the Disney film based on it, Frozen. The story of the original fairytale…

  • Magickal Faerytales Book Review

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a short book review of Magickal Faerytales: An Enchanted Collection of Retold Tales by Lucy Cavendish.   This is a book that was written to retell eleven fairytales in a way that the author felt was possibly more representative of their older origins.    She even wrote…

  • Faerytale Mashups

    For today’s post, I have decided to discuss one of my favorite modern media trends.   There has been a trend for the last decade-plus of having media (that is films, books, and movies) where the plot is based around fairytale figures.    But this particular trend is a mash-up of several fairytale figures into…

  • My Top 10 Favorite Female Once Upon a Time Characters

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite female characters on the television show Once Upon a Time.   I have decided to keep this list down to only characters who were adapted from earlier faerytales.   So, that means that Emma Swan will not appear, even though I do…

  • Live-Action Faerytale Film Countdown

    I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite live-action faerytale films for today’s post.    On this list, I am keeping it to one entry per tale and some will be modern faerytales.   I will only be featuring romantic faerytales.   That means that a romantic interaction is a plot point for…

  • Snow White, A Vampire?

    For today’s post, I would like to take a look at the interpretation of the classic faerytale Snow White that sees the titular character as something other than human.    I am not the first to look at the tale of Snow White and think that it has all the ingredients for a different type…

  • Long Live the Pumpkin Queen Review

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a book review of the new Nightmare Before Christmas continuation novel, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen.   This book, by Shea Ernshaw, is something that I have been waiting to read for over a year, as the publication was pushed back several times.   I finally got…

  • The Eris and Maleficent Connection

    For today’s post, I want to take a look at the connection between the Greek Goddess Eris and the Dark Faery Maleficent.    On the surface, it may seem that Eris and Maleficent are totally unique figures.   Eris is the Goddess of Strife, who delighted in battle and was often seen beside her brother…

  • Madison, Mermaid Siren

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to write about the main character from one of my all-time favorite films.    Splash is the iconic 80s mermaid film that helped make Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah stars, as well as launched Touchstone pictures!    Splash is the story of a man named Allen…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Hans Christian Andersen Fairytales

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite fairytales written by the great Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen.   I am a huge fan of fairytales, as my regular readers will know, and I have truly adored those written by this talented man since my childhood!   So, without…