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  • Sleipnir, Odin’s 8-Legged Steed

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I am sharing my third post in a small four-part series on the children of Loki.   As they all tend to be seen as monstrous, I thought this was an ideal mini-series for October!   This post is about Sleipnir, Odin’s…

  • Fenrir, Fierce Wolf of Ragnarok

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I am sharing my second post in a small four-part series on the children of Loki.   As they all tend to be seen as monstrous, I thought this was an ideal mini-series for October!   This post is about Fenrir, the…

  • Jormungandr, the World Serpent

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I am sharing my first post in a small four-part series on the children of Loki.   As they all tend to be seen as monstrous, I thought this was an ideal mini-series for October!   So, over the next four days,…

  • We Need to Talk About ‘The Lair of the White Worm’ (1988): Full Spoilers Review & Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be sharing my spoiler review and analysis of the 1988 film The Lair of the White Worm, based on a story by Bram Stoker.    In particular, I want to dig into the Snake folklore and the Serpentine Vampires…

  • Lughnasadh and Embracing the Mother Archetype for the First Harvest

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Blessed Lughnasadh!   For this week’s Holiday Femme Fatale Friday, I will be looking at how embracing the Mother Archetype can aid us in connecting with the first Harvest Festival.   In my class, the Melusine Mysteries, I have aligned the Mother aspect of Melusine…

  • Maenads and Ariadne: Women of Dionysus

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is about the connection between Maenads and Ariadne!   Maenads are remembered as the followers of Dionysus, always celebrating the God of Wine and Revelry with endless bacchanals.   Now, you may wonder what they have to do with Ariadne.   The…

  • Island Magick: Embracing the Oceanic Enchantress

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Mermaid Monday blog post, I have decided to discuss the concept of embracing the Oceanic Island Enchantress energy!   This is a very Mermaidy, as well as Summery and Watery magickal energy, which is why I thought that it was an ideal subject…

  • Calypso, Enchantress of ‘The Odyssey’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I will be discussing Calypso!   Now, I did write about Calypso a bit in a recent post where I discussed Aquatic lore in The Odyssey, but I have surprisingly never written a whole post just about Calypso.  …

  • Aquatic Lore in ‘The Odyssey’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    For today’s Mermaid Monday blog post, I will be exploring the Aquatic and Mermaidy lore in The Odyssey!   In five separate sections below, I will look briefly at each figure from The Odyssey.   Without further ado, let’s look at figures with Aquatic lore…

  • The Adonia: Ancient Greek Festival to Celebrate Adonis as the Consort of Aphrodite

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing the Adonia, a festival to celebrate Adonis!   The Adonia was said to take place around Midsummer, in July, which is why I am writing about this today.    However, I want to note that while Plutarch…