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  • The Lorelei, the Rusalka, and the Merry Maids: Exploring Siren Energy

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Femme Fatale Friday, I will be exploring Siren energy from three different parts of the world via the Lorelei, the Rusalka, and the Merry Maids! I thought that this topic would be a great follow-up to this past Mermaid Monday post about embracing…

  • Rusalka Magick: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be sharing a poem about working with the energy of Rusalky! Rusalka Magick by Maranda Wabik The Call of the Sacred Waters The swirling energy of the Slavic Siren As she swims into my consciousness I can feel the…

  • Rusalka and Lorelei: Examining the Folklore of Russian and Germanic Mermaids

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I am going to examine Rusalka and Lorelei as Mermaids from Russian and Germanic lore, respectively!   Of course, I have written about each before, but it has been a while, and I wanted to further examine…

  • Baba Yaga: Goddess & Fairytale Witch

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this first Femme Fatale Friday post of December, I will be discussing Baba Yaga!   Fascinatingly, I have never covered Baba Yaga on this blog, so I thought that this would be the ideal time to discuss her.    Baba Yaga is a Goddess…

  • Marzanna, Slavic Winter Goddess

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday post is about Marzanna, the Winter Goddess from Slavic folklore, in honor of the first Friday post of December!   To clarify, her name is different depending on the specific Slavic region.   Here is a list of her many…

  • Rusalka, Slavic Siren

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Siren Saturday post is a look at Rusalka, the Watery Faery Woman of Slavic folklore, including tales from Russia and the Ukraine.   I want to note that the plural of Rusalka is Rusalki.   That being said, I will be referring to this…