tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post1716179657543239320..comments2024-03-27T06:42:26.250-07:00Comments on Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: White LadiesKatherine Langrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-32004110513075337682013-01-27T02:42:14.800-08:002013-01-27T02:42:14.800-08:00You must look out for them now! White ladies AND ...You must look out for them now! White ladies AND folk tales, I mean.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-681570836968273042013-01-25T13:27:03.474-08:002013-01-25T13:27:03.474-08:00Fascinating post... I very much liked the way the ...Fascinating post... I very much liked the way the old priest Howell treated the White Lady with such compassion in your story... and having grown up and lived very near to Wellow all my life I'm afraid I didn't know that tale or the Lake Lady of Orchardleigh - also close to where I live. I wonder how many other folk tales are right under my nose!Windsongs and Wordhoardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211375575810428500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-29365632218256532332013-01-14T11:09:21.809-08:002013-01-14T11:09:21.809-08:00Thanks for all these comments! Lynn, I'm sure...Thanks for all these comments! Lynn, I'm sure banshees and White ladies are related. I've come across grey ladies, and used to live close to an old house with a red lady (she would look out of an upstairs window; I never saw her, but the neighbour who owned the house did.)<br /><br />Sue, happy we agree, but also happy to disagree with you any time you like - I always learn from you!<br /><br />Austin, thankyou - I'm so glad you liked my own white lady.<br /><br />Sally - exactly. Irene's grandmother is something very mysterious and wonderful - and, for such a Christian writer, not at all Christian in any obvious sense even though I feel she does have some deeply moral significance. <br /><br />Jo - the happiest of new years to you too. Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-82175737257908178512013-01-14T08:59:36.327-08:002013-01-14T08:59:36.327-08:00This is beautiful, Katherine. As soon as I saw the...This is beautiful, Katherine. As soon as I saw the illustration of Princess Irene's grandmother I felt the shiver of awe and fear from all those years ago when I was a child and first met Irene and Curdie. Then, my inability to understand the grandmother worried me deeply. I don't mind, now. I've got used to not understanding.Sally Pruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-31493574048131910132013-01-14T05:00:39.175-08:002013-01-14T05:00:39.175-08:00That's a beautiful piece of work. I remember v...That's a beautiful piece of work. I remember very well the White Lady from 'Dark Angels' and how moved and surprised I was to witness the relationship between her and the local people.<br /><br />It is so often the case that our ghosts and monsters and perhaps many of the faery clan, are folk-memories of earlier deities or lost heroines/heroes.<br /><br />I love this cultural detective work as it leads to so many paths of enlightenment, both in terms of history, psychology, culture and storytelling. I often refer to the great body of folklore and mythology as 'the archaeology of the soul' and to go digging there is always to find treasure.<br /><br />In the celtic myths of course, Bronwen, Bran's sister, means 'white skin' or 'white blossom.'<br /><br />I also recall, although without trawling through my books I couldn't quote you chapter and verse, but Arthurian Romance from the mabinogion to Malory are rich in references to various white ladies.<br /><br />A fascinating post and an eloquent one. I'm so happy to have found your blog!Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08789849765972235409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-20874023901327804912013-01-12T09:03:43.671-08:002013-01-12T09:03:43.671-08:00Lovely, shivery post, Kath - thank you. No argumen...Lovely, shivery post, Kath - thank you. No argument from me this week!<br />It's so often some small detail that gives you that frisson - the streaming hair and the arm round a white doe! Lady of the Animals!<br />And your White Lady is a magnificent creation. She's gentle, sad and unthreatening - and yet so very eerie. I don't know how you managed that. Beautifully done.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-31702687848933817082013-01-12T06:14:12.873-08:002013-01-12T06:14:12.873-08:00Wonderful post.
When I was researching banshees,...Wonderful post. <br />When I was researching banshees, I came across a couple of these white (or grey) ladies much like the one you mention from Grimm. <br />There is something haunting and sad and captivating about them. You've captured that so well with yours in Dark Angels. Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-76455322886357190372013-01-11T10:53:08.737-08:002013-01-11T10:53:08.737-08:00Lovely post. And you made me o dig out my childhoo...Lovely post. And you made me o dig out my childhood copy of The Box of Delights- a favourite of mine. Hope all is well. Kath, and that 2013 is very good to you.<br />-JoJo Treggiarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02417288480274268189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-89454280501005471882013-01-11T02:16:49.705-08:002013-01-11T02:16:49.705-08:00You're right, Hindustanka, there's definit...You're right, Hindustanka, there's definitely sadness connected with the idea of the White Lady! Thanks for dropping by.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-69361130819662882652013-01-11T01:58:42.963-08:002013-01-11T01:58:42.963-08:00this article is very unusual..it's also beauti...this article is very unusual..it's also beautiful as the story of White Lady is quite romantic. i felt somehow a little sadness in her walks, in her life among the living people.not everyone understands what she is.<br />thanks for sharing a lovely piece of folklore and culture.<br />Hindustankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com