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*Based on a statement by [[Horace Slughorn]] that all members of the Black family were in his house, Lycoris may have been a member of the [[Slytherin]] House. However, she attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] c. [[1910s|1915]] - [[1920s|1922]], when [[Horace Slughorn|Slughorn]] may not have been [[Potions master]].
 
*Based on a statement by [[Horace Slughorn]] that all members of the Black family were in his house, Lycoris may have been a member of the [[Slytherin]] House. However, she attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] c. [[1910s|1915]] - [[1920s|1922]], when [[Horace Slughorn|Slughorn]] may not have been [[Potions master]].
 
*Lycoris, on the [[House of Black|family]] [[Black family tree tapestry|tapestry]] in [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|the film adaption]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', is depicted like a man rather than a woman. It is same with her brother [[Regulus Black I]], he is depicted more a woman than a man.
 
*Lycoris, on the [[House of Black|family]] [[Black family tree tapestry|tapestry]] in [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|the film adaption]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', is depicted like a man rather than a woman. It is same with her brother [[Regulus Black I]], he is depicted more a woman than a man.
*It can also be noted that Lycoris's name is similar to her distant relative [[Licorus Black]] who appears only on the version of the [[Black family tree]] shown in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''.
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*It can also be noted that Lycoris's name is similar to her distant relative [[Licorus Black]] who appears only on the version of the [[Black family tree]] shown in [[the film adaptation]] of [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]].
   
 
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Lycoris Black (19041965) was a pure-blood witch, the middle child of Sirius Black II and Hesper Gamp and sister of Arcturus and Regulus. Lycoris never married and never had children.[1]

Behind the scenes

Etymology

Lycoris means "twilight" in Greek. This name does not fit into Black family tradition of naming people by stars. It is also a genus of flowering plants in the Amaryllis family that is associated with death and reincarnation in Chinese and Japanese folklore; another member of family with a name of flower is Narcissa. Ovid and Virgil also mention a mistress of Mark Antony called Lycoris. It is also possible that this name was derived from the plant and sweet liquorice. The name is also similar to that of Lycorias, a Nereid (sea nymph) of Greek mythology.

Appearances

Notes and references