White Rose of Avalon

Legends

  • Aine, Irish Faery Queen of Midsummer!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is a Summer Solstice special about Aine, Irish Faery Queen Goddess deeply associated with Midsummer!    Aine’s name is often translated to mean ‘Bright’ or ‘Delight’ which makes sense given her Solar associations.   Aine’s name is also sometimes said…

  • Faery Sexuality & The Rites of Spring!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is about how Faery Sexuality and the Rites of Spring serve to nourish the land.    Sexuality itself is a symbol of nature’s abundance and all Fae celebrate sex in their wild freedom!    I will be going over different species of Fae…

  • Spring is for Lovers, Five Greek Mythic Love Stories

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about five Greek mythic love stories in honor of Spring being a season for new love!   This will not be a ranked list, instead will be more focused on five of my favorite sets of lovers from Greek myth.  Of course,…

  • Persephone, Goddess of Spring

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is going to be focused on Persephone in her aspect as the Goddess of Spring.   We have been in Spring officially for a little over a week, while it is still cooler temperatures than many would like, the signs…

  • Leanan Sidhe, Faery Woman of Springtime

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is an exploration of how the Leanan Sidhe is one type of Faery Woman that I think represents the energy of Spring!   The Leanan Sidhe is an Irish Faery Woman known as the Faery Lover, and the energy of…

  • Blooms of Blodeuwedd

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the three flowers used to create Blodeuwedd!  Although in some tellings nine blooms are used to call Blodeuwedd forth into corporeal form, I want to focus on the three always stated to be part of her creation.   I felt this…

  • The Monstrous Feminine & Female Body Horror Films

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be about how body horror in films and the monstrous feminine are related.    In particular, I want to focus on why feminine body horror can be seen to mirror anxieties over the female body as something unknown and fears…

  • Woodland Communion

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to focus on communing with the Woodland and her special energies!   Now this is very much a topic that is rooted in my personal spiritual practices.   I have always been very drawn to the Woodlands in general,…

  • Apotropaic Imagery

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Apotropaic Imagery, what it is, and two specific examples that I find to be incredibly powerful!    Let’s begin with the definition of Apotropaic from dictionary.com.   APOTROPAIC [ ap-uh-truh-pey-ik ] adjective 1. intended to ward off evil. 2. preventing or…

  • The Queen of Elphame, the Folklore, & the Scottish Witch Trials

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a bit of a companion piece to yesterday’s analysis of The Folk of the Air Trilogy (which is set in Elfhame), but this time I am going to be writing about the Queen of Elphame, the folklore of this Faery Queen, and…