Jo-Anne Blanco
Morgan as Queen of Avalon: Ruler in Her Own Right
The earliest portrayals of Morgan le Fay depict her as the ruler of a magical island, known as the Avalon, the Island of Apples. Here the...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Morgan le Fay and the Cat
Cath Palug or Kapalu, the giant cat that began its legendary life in early Welsh texts, became, eventually, a friend and ally of Morgan...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Feb 27
- 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
- Feb 27
- 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
- Jan 12, 2022
- 2 min
Defaming Morgan
Why was it deemed necessary – and why is it still deemed necessary – We were running with a story line that the number of children’s book...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
Morgan le Fay as Leader
Powerful sorceress. Wicked witch. Benevolent enchantress. Evil crone. Immortal goddess. Demonic villain. Feminist icon. High Priestess....
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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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