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  • Swimming in the Seas of Ys: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing a poem about the Drowned City of Ys! Swimming in the Seas of Ys by Maranda Wabik Waters raging all around my head Feeling overcome by the emotional tides The City of Ys is falling fast The Waters…

  • The Drowned City of Ys

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Mermaid Monday blog post, I will be discussing the story of the Drowned City of Ys!   Ys was a city whose folklore was found in the region of Brittany, France. Ys was a city that was said to be built on the…

  • Gold Veils & Mermaid Tails: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    For today’s blog post, I am sharing a poem about the magick of Summer, the Sun, and the Sea! Gold Veils & Mermaid Tails by Maranda Wabik A Veil of Gold shining across my head My long hair is covered by the Golden cloth My…

  • Five More Sea Animal Guardians

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Mermaid Monday blog post, I will be discussing some more Sea Animal Guardians, as this is a follow-up to a post I did a few weeks ago on Sea Animal Guardians.   Without further ado, let’s look at five more Sea Animal Guardians! …

  • ‘The Mermaid’ by W.B. Yeats Poem Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing my line-by-line analysis of the short poem The Mermaid by William Butler (W.B.) Yeats!   I have accessed the text of the poem on https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/mermaid-10#google_vignette.   As a brief sidenote, the version of this poem that I am…

  • 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…

  • Dancing on the Beach with the Evening Star: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I am sharing a poem about dancing with the energy of Venus and the Full Moon! Dancing on the Beach with the Evening Star by Maranda Wabik Bare feet squishing in the sand Hips shaking as I dance about the land Just…

  • Sea Sirens, Loreleis, and Rusalki: Dangerous Water Faeries

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Siren Saturday post, I will be discussing three types of dangerous and deadly Water Faeries!   I will discuss each in their own small section below.   Without further ado, let’s look at some fatal Faeries!    SEA SIRENS ~Obviously, the classic Sirens…

  • Undines & the Magick of Embodying Water

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be discussing Undines, the Water Elementals, and the magick of Embodying Water! Now, many of you may know the term Undine from the novella of that title by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, or the…

  • 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…