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Folklore

  • ‘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…

  • ‘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…

  • What are Siren Saturdays?

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the concept of Siren Saturdays.   I have written several posts that fall into the Siren Saturday theme over the years, but I have never written about the theme as a concept.   I think that it is time to go…

  • Rusalka, Slavic Siren

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Siren Saturday post is a look at Rusalka, the Watery Faery Woman of Slavic folklore, including tales from Russia and the Ukraine.   I want to note that the plural of Rusalka is Rusalki.   That being said, I will be referring to this…

  • ‘True Blood’ Maenad & ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Pagans: A Magical Media Analysis of Folk Horror on Television

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is an examination of the Maenad storyline from True Blood, with The God Who Comes (Dionysus), and the Pagan storyline from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, with the Green Man, and how they relate to Folk Horror!   In this Magical Media Analysis, I…

  • Sirens, Handmaidens of Persephone

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is about Sirens and how they are connected to the Greek Goddess Persephone!   It is well known to anyone familiar with the myth of Hades and Persephone that Persephone was in a field picking flowers with her Nymph Handmaidens when she…

  • Feminine Shapeshifters

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is about Feminine Shapeshifters and the power they hold to the Divine Feminine!   In each section below a type of Feminine Shapeshifter will be explored.   Without further ado, let’s look at Feminine Shapeshifters! SWAN MAIDENS ~The Swan…

  • Rabbits, Creatures of Springtime Folklore

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the folklore and magick of Rabbits, as well as why they are iconic creatures of Spring!   I will be going over aspects of Rabbits in folklore in separate sections to give a rounded view of why they are so linked…