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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 Witch
Sex	Female
Current city	Lives in her palace on the island of Aeaea

Work & Education

Occupation	Goddess Sea Witch
Education	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 Perses
Children	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 Odysseus
Interested in	Nothing but hunks (and Severus Snape)

Favorites

TV Shows	True Blood Downton Abbey Charmed
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 Glück
Books	"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 Ariosto
Music	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 Sorcery
Groups	Gods and Goddesses Sea Witch Union Daughters of the Sun Severus Snape Fan Club Witches

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