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Love

  • Hades and Persephone

    For today’s post I will be writing about the story of Hades and Persphone.    The focus will be on the two as the most functional and truly loving marriage in Greek mythology!   Hades and Persephone even factor into other love stories within Greek myths. The story of the marriage of Hades and Persephone…

  • In the End Poem

    For today’s post I have decided to share a poem that I wrote. In the End By Maranda Wabik In the end love wins. Through frights and fights; Love and light; sex and solace. Love wins. Lovers can turn cold Lovers can turn angry But in the end love wins. Friends become lovers And times…

  • To Thine Own Self Be True

    For today’s post I would like to look at the importance of being true to yourself.   I believe that it is so integral to becoming who we want to be.   Each of us must walk a path that calls to us, even if that path is different than what others would like us…

  • Morgana Le Fay as La Belle Dame Sans Merci

    For today’s post I would like to analyze the poem La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats.   This particular analysis will focus on my belief that the Belle Dame of the poem is none other than Morgan Le Fay! Within the poem we meet a knight who is lying near death and tells…

  • The Enchantress of Camelot

    For today’s post I am sharing with my readers my newest work of short fiction! In this way today is a Short Story Saturday, but I cannot guarantee short stories every week. I hope all of you enjoy this next work of fiction, which is yet again my own re-imagining of Arthurian legends! The Enchantress…

  • The Rhiannon and Guinevere Connection

    I have written about Guinevere’s connection to goddesses and historical figures before.    Today I want to focus on the connection between Guinevere and one of my favorite goddesses, Rhiannon!    Rhiannon is the Welsh Celtic goddess of sovereignty, horses, and a faerie queen.    Guinevere is the wife of Arthur and queen of Camelot…

  • Elizabeth Woodville and Anne Boleyn Parallels

    For today’s post I would like to look at some of the parallels between the stories of Elizabeth Woodville and Anne Boleyn!    I have written about both of these queens multiple times, and I thought looking at them both would be an interesting post.    Elizabeth Woodville was the first “commoner” queen of England. …

  • My Top 10 Things We did on Our Honeymoon (aside from the obvious)

    Hello my lovely readers, I am back!   We are back from our incredible honeymoon in Massachusetts, and I already miss Salem!   For today’s first post back here on White Rose of Avalon, I would like to do a countdown of my top ten favorite things my husband and I did. Number 10: Lizzie…

  • Elizabeth Woodville as Manipulative Vixen

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday here at White Rose of Avalon I have chosen to look as the negative rumors spread about Elizabeth Woodville!    I have spoken about her love story with her King Edward IV before.   Earlier this week I wrote a comparison between her and Guinevere.   Given that the…

  • Freya and Friday the 13th

    Hello my lovely readers, and welcome to another Femme Fatale Friday, here at White Rose of Avalon!    Today it is a special Friday the 13th edition, where I will look at the Norse goddess Freya, and how she was demonized by the Church.    Friday the 13th was the most sacred of her days,…