Circe
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Here's a hint: if you happen to shipwreck on the island of Aeaea, and an intoxicatingly beautiful woman offers you some refreshment, don't take the bait. The chances are very high that you've just run into Circe, the immortal sea witch. She may seem gracious at first, but as soon as she's done wining and dining her guests, she whips out her magic wand and transforms them into animals. A true pet lover, Circe fills her palace with her formerly human pals, spending most of her days lounging around with her strangely docile lions, panthers, and pigs. Circe is most famous for her appearance in Homer's Odyssey where she transforms Odysseus' men into swine. In the end, though, Odysseus gets friendly with Circe (like really friendly), and the sea witch transforms his men back, gives them directions to the Underworld, and sends them on their way. Hey, maybe she's not so bad after all. Eh…
Basic Information
Name Circe
Nickname Kirke
The Sea WitchSex Female
Current city Lives in her palace on the island of Aeaea
Work & Education
Occupation Goddess
Sea WitchEducation Hecate's School of Witchcraft (a grade-A institution)
Beliefs
Political views Free love!
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
Parents Helios (Dad)
Perse (Mom)Siblings Aeetes
Pasiphae
PersesChildren According to some, I had Ardeas, Latinus, and Telegonus with Odysseus.
Friends Hecate (The goddess of magic and one cool chick)
Enemies Scylla (She stole that sexy boy, Glaucus, from me, so I turned her into a sea monster.)
Aeetes (My brother who's still mad at me for cleansing Medea and Jason after they killed Abysrtus)Relationships
Relationship status Big crush on Glaucus
Major fling with OdysseusInterested in Nothing but hunks (and Severus Snape)
Favorites
TV Shows Quotations "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."
– Winston Churchill
"I put a spell on you
Because you're mine"
– from "I Put a Spell on You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
"Men are pigs."
– Popular Saying (So, why not make them appear as they really are! :-))
"'He calls her Circe,' Mike said. 'He claims she turns men into pigs.'"
– from The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
"I foresaw your departure,
Your men with my help braving
The crying and pounding sea. You think
A few tears upset me? My friend,
Every sorceress is
A pragmatist at heart; nobody sees essence who can't
Face limitation. If I wanted only to hold you
I could hold you prisoner."
– from "Circe's Power" by Louise GlückBooks "Circe's Power" by Louise Glück (Though it should be titled, "Circe's Ridiculously Awesome Power.")
Hecate's Book of Practical Magic (Totally essential for any self-respecting sorceress.)
Wicked, the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
The Odyssey by Homer (Yeah, Homer knew just how sexy I really am.)
Medea by Euripides (Even though Medea kind of gives witches a bad name.)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (If I were Maggie, I would've just turned Brick into a pig and been done with it.)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Love those Weird Sisters!)
The Harry Potter series (Love them! Every single one.)
Animal Farm by George Orwell (All these talking animals totally remind me of my palace.)
"Leda and the Swan" by William Butler Yeats
Orlando Furioso by Ludovico AriostoMusic I Put a Spell on You by Nina Simone
Do You Believe in Magic? by the Lovin' Spoonful
Where Have You Been? by Rihanna (One day, you'll be mine again, Odysseus.)
I Will Wait by Mumford and Sons
This Magic Moment by the Drifters
Black Magic by the Magic Wands
Beast of Burden by the Rolling Stones (Oh yes, you can be my beast of burden, Mick Jagger. All you have to do is drink from my cup.)Movies Titanic (Guess what island the delectable Leonardo DiCaprio washed up on after he fell off the ship?)
Snow White and the Huntsman (The Queen is kind of a role model.)
Enchanted
Practical Magic
Dirty Dancing
The Little Mermaid (Okay, I like this one, even though Ursula is a terrible stereotypically evil sea witch.)
The Witches of Eastwick
The Blue Lagoon
The Harry Potter series (I can't be the only one who thinks Severus Snape is a hottie.)Activities & Interests
Likes Herbal Medicine
Long walks on the beach
Private islands
Severus Snape (Hey, I have a thing for potion masters)Interests Alchemy
SorceryGroups Gods and Goddesses
Sea Witch Union
Daughters of the Sun
Severus Snape Fan Club
WitchesSpotter's Guide
It's easy to become enchanted with Circe, the seductive sea witch. She's fabulously beautiful and knows how to throw an awesome dinner party. You'd better be careful if you ever get invited to one of her shindigs, though. See, Circe's favorite after-dinner entertainment is to wave her magic wand and turn her guests into animals. If this sounds like a good time to you, then set sail for her mystical island of Aeaea. Circe guarantees that you're in for a "wild" time. You'll know it's her if you see a lady with a wand surrounded by animals.
Sex: Female
Age: Eternally young
Build: Shapely
Complexion: Pale
Hair Color: Black
Facial Hair: None
Scars/marks/tattoos: None
Jewelry and accessories: Magic wand
Clothing: Sexy robes
Armor: None
Type of Weapon: Magic, Spells, PotionsTypical Companions:
All the men she's turned into animals
Known Hangouts:
Her palace on the island of Aeaea (why leave?)
Sightings
Dec 20, 2019 - Dec 20, 2019
The Odyssey by Homer
The sexy sea witch makes her most famous appearance in this epic poem, in which she turns Odysseus' men into swine.
Jan 1, 1970 - Jan 1, 1970
The Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius
Circe absolves her niece, Medea, and Jason of the crime of murder in this ancient poem, which chronicles the quest for the Golden Fleece.
Jan 1, 1970 - Dec 20, 2019
The Argonautica by Valerius Flaccus
Another version of the Quest for the Golden Fleece by the author often recognized for having the most ridiculous name ever.
Jan 1, 1970 - Dec 20, 2019
The Library of History by Diodorus Siculus
Circe rears her head again once again in the story of the Golden Fleece. Man, this one was popular.
Dec 20, 2019
The Metamorphoses by Ovid
Ovid gives the scoop on how Circe turned Scylla into a psycho-monster all for the love of Glaucus.
Dec 20, 2019 - Dec 20, 2019
Wonder Woman Comics
Throughout her super hero career, the Amazing Amazon has been plagued by the villainous Circe.
Dec 20, 1996
"Circe's Power" by Louise Glück
This cool modern poem gives Circe's version of her affair with Odysseus.
Dec 20, 1998
Hercules
Circe puts the moves on Hercules' buddy Icarus in this animated Disney TV series.
Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
The witchy goddess turns Percy Jackson into a guinea pig in this novel. (Yeah, she got tired of dealing with real pigs.)
Dec 20, 2019
Marvel Illustrated: The Odyssey
Check out Circe in Marvel's digital comic version of Odysseus's greatest adventure.