What is more wondrous and expressive of spring’s energetic regeneration than a lovely verse and exquisite painting? Her name means Beautiful Moon. But to this fair Belphoebe in her Birth The Heavens so favourable were and free, Looking with mild Aspect upon the Earth, In th’ Horoscope of her Nativity, That all the Gifts of… Continue reading Fae Friday: Spenser’s Belphoebe
Tag: The Faerie Queene
Mythic Monday: Astraea the Star Maiden
Today is the Feast Day of the Star Maiden, Astraea. The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara G. Walker traces the birth of Astraea to Libya. During the Phoenician era of the Libyan region, a cultural hub sprang up in the great city of Carthage. The apex of the energy featured Astraea, a… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Astraea the Star Maiden
Mythic Monday: Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene
THE FAERIE QUEENE Author – Edmund Spenser First Published – 1590 Genre – Allegorical Epic Poem based on the legend of King Arthur and his knights. King Arthur symbolized the virtue of Magnificence. Book I – Holiness, Book II – Temperance, etc. Setting – a mythical faerieland Protagonist – the Redcrosse Knight, representing Holiness… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene