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− | '''Circe''' (Greek: Κίρκη) was a [[Wizardkind|witch]], who lived in ancient [[Greece]], specifically the island of [[Aeaea]]. She enjoyed [[Cross-Species Transfiguration|transfiguring]] lost [[Human to pig|sailors into pigs]].<ref name="FWC">[http://www.hplex.info/wizards/card_wizards.html "Famous Wizard Cards"] on The Harry Potter Lexicon</ref> |
+ | '''Circe''' (Greek: Κίρκη) was a [[Wizardkind|witch]], who lived in ancient [[Greece]], specifically the island of [[Aeaea]]. She enjoyed [[Cross-Species Transfiguration|transfiguring]] lost [[Human to pig|sailors into pigs]]. <ref name="FWC">[http://www.hplex.info/wizards/card_wizards.html "Famous Wizard Cards"] on The Harry Potter Lexicon</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:39, 20 December 2015
Circe (Greek: Κίρκη) was a witch, who lived in ancient Greece, specifically the island of Aeaea. She enjoyed transfiguring lost sailors into pigs. [1]
Biography
Circe was featured on a Chocolate Frog Card. Harry Potter obtained this card from a Chocolate Frog on his first trip to Hogwarts in 1991.[2] There was a portrait of Circe at Hogwarts Castle. It guarded a secret shortcut between the fourth-floor landing of the Grand Staircase and the Entrance Hall side room. The password required to gain access to said shortcut was Piggywiggy.[3]
Magical abilities and skills
- Transfiguration: Circe was proficient in the human to pig spell, an accomplishment in the fact that pigs are considered extremely un-magical.
Behind the scenes
- Circe was a minor goddess in Greek mythology, said to transform sailors lost around her island of Aeaea into animals via the use of enchanted food. She is perhaps most well known as a figure in Homer's Odyssey, where the hero Odysseus spent a year on her island after freeing his shipmates from her spells.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Pottermore' (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
Notes and references
- ↑ "Famous Wizard Cards" on The Harry Potter Lexicon
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) - PC version