White Rose of Avalon

Legend

  • My Top 10 Legendary Lovers

    This is my fourth Valentine’s Day love list, for Love Week, and today it is the legendary lovers that take center stage! Number 10: Orpheus and Eurydice ~The story of Orpheus and Eurydice is a tragic love story of Orpheus following his bride to the Underworld.   In the tale Orpheus convinced Hades to release…

  • Lady of the Lake

    Within the Arthurian Legends there is the faerie woman known as the Lady of the Lake.    She is keeper of Excalibur, and the protectress of Avalon.    In some tales Lady of the Lake is the title given to the head of the nine sisters who practice magic on the Isle of Avalon.   …

  • Rhiannon: Faerie Queen

    Rhiannon was a horse goddess in ancient Wales.    This Celtic goddess had her story told in the Mabinogion.   Besides horses Rhiannon also has three songbirds that are symbols of her power.    Rhiannon seems to be related to the ancient Gallo-Roman horse goddess Epona, and a derivative, possibly of the earlier Celtic goddess…

  • La Belle Dame Sans Merci

    Guinevere is the wife of Arthur in the Arthurian cycle.   In most versions of the legends it is a given that she betrayed Arthur with a close friend or family member during their marriage.   In the most common versions of the legends Guinevere betrayed Arthur by falling in love with Lancelot du Lac,…