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  • The Evolution of the Lady of the Lake: An Avalonian Autumn Special at White Rose of Avalon

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be discussing the evolution of the Lady of the Lake in Arthurian lore!   I thought this would be an ideal way to kick off September, as this is a very Avalonian time of year,…

  • Jenny Greenteeth, Grindylows, and Nessie: Watery Monsters

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I will be discussing some Watery Monsters from Celtic folklore.   This post is a bit of a companion piece to last week’s post about Water Horses of Celtic folklore, which also often appear as truly monstrous.   Other than that, the…

  • ‘Greenteeth’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I am sharing my review of the novel Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill.   This is a new fantasy novel, just published earlier this year, and even better, this is a debut novel!   I am a huge fan of finding new authors…

  • Sea Sirens, Loreleis, and Rusalki: Dangerous Water Faeries

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Siren Saturday post, I will be discussing three types of dangerous and deadly Water Faeries!   I will discuss each in their own small section below.   Without further ado, let’s look at some fatal Faeries!    SEA SIRENS ~Obviously, the classic Sirens…

  • Lake of Magick: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I am sharing a poem about magickal Lakes! Lake of Magick  by Maranda Wabik Diving deep beneath the crystalline surface Of the Mirrored Lake of Wonders Freshwater beauty of treasure Lured into the Watery Depths with emotional grace The feelings of uncertainty…

  • Scrying Water, Scrying Mirrors: Water as a Mirror

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing the connection between Water and Mirrors!    So, as we all know, Mermaids are famously connected with Mirrors as one of their primary symbols.   As Mermaids are Water Faeries, this provides quite the obvious link between…

  • Sacred Bodies of Water: Lakes, Rivers, and Fountains

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is about Sacred Bodies of Water that we can interact with, even if we are unfortunately living the lives of landlocked Mermaids!   With the weather being warm, it is the ideal time to discuss the Sacred Bodies of Water, as we…