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Circe
Also known as
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Biography[]
Circe was featured on aChocolate Frog Card.Harry Potter obtained this card from aChocolate Frog on his firsttrip toHogwarts in1991.[5] There was a portrait of Circe atHogwarts Castle. It guarded a secret shortcut between the fourth-floor landing of theGrand Staircase and theEntrance Hall side room. The password required to gain access to said shortcut wasPiggywiggy.[6]
Magical abilities and skills[]
- Transfiguration: Circe was proficient inHuman Transfiguration, as shetransformed lost sailors intopigs.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- Circe was a minor goddess in Greek mythology, said to transform sailors lost around her island ofAeaea into animals via the use of enchanted food. She is perhaps most well known as a figure in Homer'sOdyssey, where the hero Odysseus spent a year on her island after freeing his shipmates from her spells.
- Because of her appearance in said Greek texts, Circe is considered by scholars to be the first traditional witch to appear in literature.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)(Appears on aFamous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)(First appearance)(Appears on aFamous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)(Appears inportrait(s))
- Pottermore(Appears on aFamous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery(Appears on aFamous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened(Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑1.01.11.21.31.41.51.61.7"Famous Wizard Cards" on The Harry Potter Lexicon
- ↑J. K. Rowling stated at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 15 August 2004 (source) that all portraits atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are of deceased individuals. Thus, Circe must have died sometime in or before1993, given her portrait's appearance inHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game).
- ↑Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- ↑Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, The Adventurer's Anthology, Footnotes From A History Buff (seethis image)
- ↑5.05.1Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6 (The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters)
- ↑Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) - PC version
