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    The Island of the Cat
    Jo-Anne Blanco
    • 7 days ago
    • 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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    My ideal Fata Morgana Cast
    Jo-Anne Blanco
    • Oct 21, 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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    #Folklore Thursday Igraine Part IIII
    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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    My Writing Process
    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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    The Giants of Cornwall: Cormoran and Cormelian
    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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    Goddess of the Week. Coventina, goddess of nature, and fertility
    Jo-Anne Blanco
    • Mar 24, 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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    Meet the Goddesses!
    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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    Morgan le Fay On Screen: Rosemary Theby
    Jo-Anne Blanco
    • May 29, 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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    The Origins of Morgan le Fay: Morgan and Island Goddesses
    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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    Morgan le Fay: Modern Morgan
    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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    Morgan le Fay: Good Fairy or Bad Fairy?
    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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    Morgan Le Fay: Mother Goddess
    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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