Greek
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We Need to Talk About ‘The Lair of the White Worm’ (1988): Full Spoilers Review & Magical Media Analysis
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. For today’s blog post, I will be sharing my spoiler review and analysis of the 1988 film The Lair of the White Worm, based on a story by Bram Stoker. In particular, I want to dig into the Snake folklore and the Serpentine Vampires…
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Venus in Artwork: Exploring Artistic Interpretations of the Goddess of Love
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. For today’s blog post, I will be going over some of the iconic examples of Venus in artworks! I will be looking at three examples of artwork depicting Venus. Two are paintings and one is a sculpture, but all show important aspects of…
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Lughnasadh and Embracing the Mother Archetype for the First Harvest
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Blessed Lughnasadh! For this week’s Holiday Femme Fatale Friday, I will be looking at how embracing the Mother Archetype can aid us in connecting with the first Harvest Festival. In my class, the Melusine Mysteries, I have aligned the Mother aspect of Melusine…
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Maenads and Ariadne: Women of Dionysus
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s blog post is about the connection between Maenads and Ariadne! Maenads are remembered as the followers of Dionysus, always celebrating the God of Wine and Revelry with endless bacchanals. Now, you may wonder what they have to do with Ariadne. The…
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Island Magick: Embracing the Oceanic Enchantress
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. For today’s Mermaid Monday blog post, I have decided to discuss the concept of embracing the Oceanic Island Enchantress energy! This is a very Mermaidy, as well as Summery and Watery magickal energy, which is why I thought that it was an ideal subject…
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Calypso, Enchantress of ‘The Odyssey’
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I will be discussing Calypso! Now, I did write about Calypso a bit in a recent post where I discussed Aquatic lore in The Odyssey, but I have surprisingly never written a whole post just about Calypso. …
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Aquatic Lore in ‘The Odyssey’
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. For today’s Mermaid Monday blog post, I will be exploring the Aquatic and Mermaidy lore in The Odyssey! In five separate sections below, I will look briefly at each figure from The Odyssey. Without further ado, let’s look at figures with Aquatic lore…
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The Adonia: Ancient Greek Festival to Celebrate Adonis as the Consort of Aphrodite
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. For today’s blog post, I will be discussing the Adonia, a festival to celebrate Adonis! The Adonia was said to take place around Midsummer, in July, which is why I am writing about this today. However, I want to note that while Plutarch…
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The Power of Goddess Archetypes and Faery Queens
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s post is about the power of using Goddess Archetypes in your life! I will be looking at Jean Shinoda Bolen’s Goddesses in Everywoman archetypes by aligning them with Celtic Goddesses to deepen our work with Celtic Venusian and Faery Queen Energies. Without…
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‘Meeting the Melissae’ Book Review
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings. Today’s blog post is a review of Meeting the Melissae: The Ancient Greek Bee Priestesses of Demeter by Elizabeth Ashley. As someone who has long been fascinated with the Melissae, this book was a great find, and it skyrocketed to the top of my…