Jo-Anne Blanco
Reassessment of Morgan le Fay
From the late Middle Ages onwards, Morgan le Fay has not been portrayed as the independent ruler completely apart from Arthur and his...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- May 18
- 2 min
The Island of the Cat
In The Voyage of Máel Dúin, a tale of an epic sea voyage written in Old Irish ca. 1000 A.D., the hero and his crew alight on an island...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
My ideal Fata Morgana Cast
a huge film buff (I did a postgraduate Master of Philosophy in Film Studies), and I love to image who I would cast as the characters in...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Oct 14, 2021
- 5 min
#Folklore Thursday Igraine Part IIII
The beginning of the second novel of Stewart’s Merlin trilogy, The Hollow Hills, has a pregnant Ygraine, now Queen and married to Uther,...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
My Writing Process
Jo-Anne Blanco writes about her writing process in creating her Fata Morgana series
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
The Giants of Cornwall: Cormoran and Cormelian
There are two Giants in Cornish folklore known as Cormoran. The first is the name of the Giant in the fairy tale “Jack the Giant Killer.”...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Goddess of the Week. Coventina, goddess of nature, and fertility
Coventina is a Romano-Celtic British goddess of springs and waters, known primarily for a well in Northumberland dedicated to her. Her...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
Meet the Goddesses!
I thought I'd introduce the famous Goddesses that appear in my Fata Morgana series of books. I'm kicking off with one that most will...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- May 28, 2020
- 1 min
Morgan le Fay On Screen: Rosemary Theby
Perhaps the first actress to play Morgan le Fay onscreen was Rosemary Theby.
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- May 25, 2020
- 1 min
The Origins of Morgan le Fay: Morgan and Island Goddesses
In her earliest incarnations, Morgan is the ruler of a magical island, similar to Circe and Calypso of Homer’s Odyssey, and to Niamh of...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- May 8, 2020
- 8 min
Morgan le Fay: Modern Morgan
It is time for a 21st century Morgan. No more evil witch to act as a one-dimensional foil for the heroes; no more mere appendage to Arthur,
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- May 3, 2020
- 6 min
Morgan le Fay: Good Fairy or Bad Fairy?
Morgan le Fay’s links with the folkloric motif of fairy abductions were established early in Arthurian tradition.
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- May 1, 2020
- 6 min
Morgan Le Fay: Mother Goddess
Morgan le Fay is and has been all things to all people, an eternal shapeshifter who has captured the imagination in every form of art
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