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  • Sir Gawain & Dame Ragnelle: The Knight & the Loathly Lady

    Welcome to day three of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the Knight Gawain and his wife, Ragnelle!   Ragnelle falls into the Loathly Lady category as she enters the story by appearing as an old woman.   The Loathly Lady is often literally described as…

  • Yvain & Laudine: The Knight with the Lion & the Lady of the Fountain

    Welcome to day two of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the love between the Knight Yvain and his wife, the Faery Queen Laudine!   I want to note that their story is present in both The Mabinogion and the French Arthurian Romances by Chretien de…

  • Melusine & Raymond: Lovers of Lusignan

    Welcome to day one of Legendary Love Week at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Melusine and her husband Raymond!   Since the first day of this theme week fell on a Siren Saturday, the topic of the Faery Queen Melusine and her husband seemed like an ideal starting point.…

  • Announcing Love Week 2025!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is to announce that my fifth annual Love Week will begin on Saturday!   I chose to announce two days before the beginning of the theme week because I wanted to do a traditional Femme Fatale Friday post tomorrow.    So, as is…

  • ‘Ah! Why, Because the Dazzling Sun’ by Emily Bronte Poem Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to do a stanza-by-stanza analysis of a poem by Emily Bronte!   For those who do not know, Emily Bronte is one of my favorite writers, so I always enjoy exploring her poetry in the Winter as a cozy…

  • ‘Rapunzel’ & the Horror of Pure Isolation

    Welcome to day four of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post explores the horror of isolation and what it does to our psyches, as seen in Rapunzel!   Rapunzel is famously imprisoned by the witch Gothel in a tower after her mother had offended the…

  • The Most Romantic Faery Love Stories of the Arthuriad

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be about some of my favorite romantic love stories which feature a Faery!   In particular, this will be a brief overview of four of my favorite Arthurian Faery Love Stories.   I know that many other love stories from…

  • We Need to Talk About ‘Stardust’ (2007), an Underrated Fantasy Gem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is about the 2007 film Stardust which is based on the Neil Gaiman novel of the same name.   It tells the story of Tristan Thorn (played by Charlie Cox), a young man raised by his father in a small English town called…

  • ‘The Black Bird Oracle’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a review of the new novel The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness.   I am so excited to discuss this fifth installment of The All Souls Series, as I very much adore the story of Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont!  …

  • The Heart Chakra: Finding My Power Chakra

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about what I call finding your Power Chakra, which is the Chakra that empowers your intentions. In particular, I am going to go over how I found mine. Some people lead from the Solar Plexus, the place of Personal Power, others lead…