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  • Jenny Greenteeth, Grindylows, and Nessie: Watery Monsters

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I will be discussing some Watery Monsters from Celtic folklore.   This post is a bit of a companion piece to last week’s post about Water Horses of Celtic folklore, which also often appear as truly monstrous.   Other than that, the…

  • Celtic Water Horses: Kelpies and Each Uisge

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be discussing some of the folklore of Water Horses from Celtic folklore!   Water Horses are a fascinating type of dangerous Water Faery Animal.   Celtic Water Horses are known for living near running water, including rivers, streams, and…

  • Unicorns and Maidenhood: Ultimate Symbol of Innocence

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is about Unicorns and how they relate to Maidenhood!   When we first hear the word Unicorn, most of us think of the ultimate innocence of youth, which is largely related to the nature of Maidenhood. The Unicorn is a very interesting…

  • Tarot Queens & Historical Queens

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Tarot Tuesday post is about how we can align the Queens of Tarot with actual historical Queens.    For the purposes of this post, I have decided to focus on York and Tudor-era Queens of England and Scotland, but this can be applied to…

  • The Seal as Spirit Animal

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is about Seals as Spirit animals.   I have felt a strong pull to Seals lately, with them appearing in my dreams and my connection to Selkies growing ever stronger!   That is why it felt like the ideal time to explore…

  • Selkies & Personal Authenticity

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post, a Mermaid Monday special, is about Selkies and how they relate to our personal authenticity.   I think this fits in really well with my recent writings on different species of Water Fae!  I have written about Selkies before, but today, I…

  • The Enchanted Elf Archetype

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about what I call the Enchanted Elf Archetype and how to embrace this archetype in your own life!   First I want to give a brief overview of what the Enchanted Elf Archetype is.    The Enchanted Elf Archetype is a combination…

  • Cycle Through the Year with the Mermaid Archetype

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about how to work with the Mermaid Archetype through the Wheel of the Year!   I think this is a fantastic post for Mermaid Monday, as well as working in conjunction with several posts of the past few weeks.   For this…

  • ‘The Druidry Handbook’ Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a book review of The Druidry Handbook: Spiritual Practice Rooted in the Living Earth by John Michael Greer.   I have been wanting to do more research into Druidry to incorporate aspects into my spirituality.   As I am already an herbalist…

  • Brigid, Great Goddess & Imbolc

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday will be my last Imbolc-themed post this year.   I will be focusing on the Great Goddess Brigid, who is the deity most deeply associated with Imbolc, which is also the National Holiday St. Brigid’s Day in Ireland, as of…