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  • Elaine of Corbenic, Grail Maiden & Mother of Galahad

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be discussing Elaine, the Grail Maiden and mother of Galahad from the Arthurian legends!   I want to begin by stating that there is a lot to be said about the Grail Maiden when you…

  • Iseult: Faery Queen of Cornwall & Healer Princess of Ireland

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be discussing Iseult and her nature as a Faery Queen and Healer!   I have long been utterly fascinated, and honestly totally obsessed, with the legend of Tristan and Iseult.   My obsession began in…

  • Dahut, Princess of Ys

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be discussing Dahut (sometimes also called Dahud, or Dahud-Ahes), the legendary Princess of Ys!   Dahut is the daughter of the King of the Drowned City of Ys, Gradlon.   Although Dahut’s mother is often…

  • Odette, the Swan Princess

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is about Odette, the Swan Princess!   I decided to choose another fairytale character for this Femme Fatale Friday because I wanted to keep the fairytale theme going for one more day.   I absolutely adore Odette from Swan Lake…

  • ‘Snow White’ & the Horror of Envy

    Welcome to day three of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is what I am calling Snow White Sunday, as I am going to be examining the horror of envy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs!   The story of Snow White is full…

  • Could Our Favorite Fairytale Protagonists be Faeries?

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about looking at fairytale protagonists as possibly being Faeries themselves.   This is no new concept for me to examine, but today I wanted to go over a few examples and show some threads of commonality as to why I think so…

  • Princess of Elphame: A Poetic Faerytale

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a story, a Faerytale of sorts, that began as a simple poem, but as I wrote it out, I realized it was definitely a very short narrative! Princess of Elphame by Maranda Wabik Walking down the Faery Path Barefeet stepping through the…

  • Why I Love Earthing

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    For today’s post, I want to focus on the process and ritual of Earthing!   For those who do not know what Earthing is, I want to begin with a definition of the word from earthing.com. EARTHING “Earthing is to sync the body to the…

  • Snow White and Rose Red

    Welcome to day four of Winter Faerytale Week!    For this post, I have chosen Snow White and Rose Red as my topic.   The Snow White of this tale is not the same character as the Snow White of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.   Instead, this is a tale of two sisters…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Hans Christian Andersen Fairytales

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite fairytales written by the great Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen.   I am a huge fan of fairytales, as my regular readers will know, and I have truly adored those written by this talented man since my childhood!   So, without…