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==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
Like many members of the [[House of Black]], Cassiopeia is named after a [[Wikipedia:Cassiopeia (constellation)|constellation]]. The constellation is in turn named after [[Wikipedia:Cassiopeia (mythology)|Queen Cassiopeia]] of Greek mythology, a beautiful but vain woman whose arrogant boasting led to her downfall. The name is derived from the Greek Κασσιόπη, meaning "she whose words excel".
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Like many members of the [[House of Black]], Cassiopeia is named after a [[Wikipedia:Cassiopeia (constellation)|constellation]]. The constellation is in turn named after [[Wikipedia:Cassiopeia (mythology)|Queen Cassiopeia]] of Greek mythology, a beautiful but vain woman whose arrogant boasting led to her downfall. The name is derived from the Greek Κασσιόπη, meaning "she whose words excel". In the modern life, the name "Cassiopeia" is known as the fansclub of the Korean boyband, Dong Bang Shin Ki (TVXQ), because if you look at your keyboard, the letters, TVfXQ is shaped like a W, like how the constellation Cassiopeia is shaped.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==

Revision as of 12:12, 24 November 2010

Cassiopeia Black (19151992) was a pure-blood witch, the eldest daughter of Cygnus Black II and Violetta Bulstrode and sister of Pollux, Marius and Dorea. Cassiopeia never married or had any children.[1]

Behind the scenes

  • Based on a statement by Horace Slughorn, Cassiopeia may well have been a member of the Slytherin House. However, she attended Hogwarts c. 1926 - 1933, when Slughorn may not have been Potions master.
  • Cassiopeia is a queen in the Greek mythology, and her daughter is Andromeda. After her is named Andromeda Tonks, who is grand-niece of Cassiopeia Black.
  • Cassiopeia died after her brother Pollux, in the same year when their cousin died. In this time, Cassiopeia's grand-nephew (Sirius Black III) was in Azkaban.
  • If Dorea (Cassiopeia's sister) is the mother of James Potter I, Cassiopeia would be the maternal aunt of James, the aunt-in-law of Lily Evans, the grandaunt of Harry Potter, and a relative to several others of the Potter family.

Etymology

Like many members of the House of Black, Cassiopeia is named after a constellation. The constellation is in turn named after Queen Cassiopeia of Greek mythology, a beautiful but vain woman whose arrogant boasting led to her downfall. The name is derived from the Greek Κασσιόπη, meaning "she whose words excel". In the modern life, the name "Cassiopeia" is known as the fansclub of the Korean boyband, Dong Bang Shin Ki (TVXQ), because if you look at your keyboard, the letters, TVfXQ is shaped like a W, like how the constellation Cassiopeia is shaped.

Appearances

Notes and references