Jo-Anne Blanco7 days ago2 minThe Island of the CatIn 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...
Jo-Anne BlancoOct 21, 20211 minMy ideal Fata Morgana Casta 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...
Jo-Anne BlancoOct 14, 20215 min#Folklore Thursday Igraine Part IIIIThe beginning of the second novel of Stewart’s Merlin trilogy, The Hollow Hills, has a pregnant Ygraine, now Queen and married to Uther,...
Jo-Anne BlancoSep 16, 20213 minMy Writing ProcessJo-Anne Blanco writes about her writing process in creating her Fata Morgana series
Jo-Anne BlancoJun 30, 20213 minThe Giants of Cornwall: Cormoran and CormelianThere 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.”...
Jo-Anne BlancoMar 24, 20212 minGoddess of the Week. Coventina, goddess of nature, and fertilityCoventina is a Romano-Celtic British goddess of springs and waters, known primarily for a well in Northumberland dedicated to her. Her...
Jo-Anne BlancoOct 15, 20202 minMeet 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...
Jo-Anne BlancoMay 29, 20201 minMorgan le Fay On Screen: Rosemary ThebyPerhaps the first actress to play Morgan le Fay onscreen was Rosemary Theby.
Jo-Anne BlancoMay 25, 20201 minThe Origins of Morgan le Fay: Morgan and Island GoddessesIn her earliest incarnations, Morgan is the ruler of a magical island, similar to Circe and Calypso of Homer’s Odyssey, and to Niamh of...
Jo-Anne BlancoMay 8, 20208 minMorgan 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,
Jo-Anne BlancoMay 3, 20206 minMorgan 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.
Jo-Anne BlancoMay 1, 20206 minMorgan Le Fay: Mother GoddessMorgan le Fay is and has been all things to all people, an eternal shapeshifter who has captured the imagination in every form of art