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Merlin

  • The Wizard Archetype: Tarot & Literature

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Tarot Tuesday blog post is about the Wizard Archetype, which is also more broadly the Magician Archetype, balanced with some bits of the Hermit Archetype.  I will be exploring the Wizard Archetype via the stories of Merlin, Gandalf, and Dumbledore!   I thought exploring…

  • Nimue & the Autumnal Equinox

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is about Nimue, the Queen of Avalon and Lady of the Lake!   I thought it was appropriate to discuss her today, as I associate her energy very much with the Autumnal Equinox, which is on Sunday, September 22…

  • A Look at Emily Carding’s Faery Astrology

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be looking at Emily Carding’s Faery Astrology, as discussed in her book Faery Craft.   Emily Carding used her knowledge of Astrology and Faerylore to create a full twelve zodiac signs that align with the traditional Western Zodiac.   I…

  • Red & White Dragons of Dinas Emrys: Dragons in Arthurian Lore

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at the Red and White Dragons of Welsh folklore!   There is an early story about a young Merlin being brought before the current King Vortigen.   Vortigen had him brought forward, as he had…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Portrayals of Merlin in Visual Media

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a countdown of my five favorite portrayals of Merlin across visual media!   As a huge lover of Arthurian legends since a young age, I have seen countless adaptations of the legends.   It took some narrowing down, so I did not…

  • A Very Biased Ranking of All 5 Seasons of Merlin!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be another ranking of seasons of one of my favorite fantasy television shows.   I will be doing a very biased ranking of all five seasons of Merlin.   Ironically this is not a series I watched when it originally…

  • Merlin Master of Magick Review

    For today’s post, I am thrilled to be doing another book review of a book given to me by Crossed Crow Books!   The book I am reviewing today is Merlin Master of Magick by Gordon Strong.    I was really glad to be receiving a copy of a book about the famed Arthurian wizard!…

  • Morgana and Merlin as Lovers

    For today’s post, I have decided to discuss the story of Morgan le Fay and Merlin’s affair.   This is seen in several variants of the Arthurian legends.   In some variants, Merlin only had an affair with Nimue, one of the Ladies of the Lake.   But there are versions where this affair was…

  • Merlin, a Half-Demon?

    For today’s post I would like to look at the origins of Merlin.   In many of the medieval sources he is said to be the son of a human woman and either a demon or an incubus.    So this gives Merlin the origins of having an evil magical being as a father. This…

  • Vivienne or Nimue: By Any Name the Enchantress of Merlin

    For this weeks’ Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen to take a brief look at the deadly aspect of Vivienne, or Nimue, the Lady of the Lake that became the undoing of Merlin!    No matter which of her many names you call her by, it is evident that in several versions of the Arthurian…