Circe

Circe
Biographical information
Born	Ancient Greece
Nationality	Greek
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Hair colour	Black
Eye colour	Brown
Skin colour	Tanned

Circe was a witch who lived in ancient Greece, on the island of Aeaea. She enjoyed transfiguring lost sailors into animals.

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. 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.

Magical abilities and skills

• Transfiguration: Circe was proficient in the human to pig spell, as she turned lost sailors into the said animals.

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.
• 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 a Famous Wizard Card)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (First appearance) (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)
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)