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'''Lycoris Black''' ([[1900s|1904]] - [[1960s|1965]]) was a [[pure-blood]] witch and the middle child of [[Sirius Black II]] and [[Hesper Gamp]]. She was their only daughter. Lycoris never married, and never had children, as her cousin [[Cassiopeia Black|Cassiopeia]], too. She had two brothers - [[Regulus Black I|Regulus]] and [[Arcturus Black III|Arcturus]].<ref name="BFT" />
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'''Lycoris Black''' ([[1904]] – [[1965]]) was a [[pure-blood]] witch, the middle child of [[Sirius Black II]] and his wife [[Hesper Gamp]] and sister of [[Arcturus Black III]] and [[Regulus Black I|Regulus]]. Lycoris never married and never had children.<ref name="BFT" />
   
 
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*Lycoris Black's likeness on the [[Black Family Tapestry]], as featured in {{OOTP|FA}}, seems to have been based on [http://media.vam.ac.uk/media/thira/collection_images/2006BF/2006BF7031_jpg_l.jpg a depiction of a nobleman] from the [[Wikipedia:Devonshire Hunting Tapestries|Devonshire Hunting Tapestries]], currently in the collection of the [[Wikipedia:Victoria and Albert Museum|Victoria and Albert Museum]], in [[London]].
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*Based on a statement by [[Horace Slughorn]], Lycoris may have been a member of the [[Slytherin]] House. However, she atttended Hogwarts c. 1915 - 1922, when Slughorn may not have been Potions master.
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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|Slytherin House]]. However, she attended [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] c. [[1915]] - [[1922]], when [[Horace Slughorn|Slughorn]] may not have been [[Potions Master]].
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*Lycoris, on the family tapestry in the film, 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.
  
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*Lycoris, on the [[House of Black|family]] [[Black Family Tapestry|tapestry]] in [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|the film adaption]] of {{OOTP}}, is depicted like a man rather than a woman.
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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 Tapestry|Black family tree tapestry]] shown in {{OOTP|FA}}.
   
 
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* ''[[Wikipedia:Lycoris|Lycoris]]'' means "twilight" in Greek. This name dosn't fit into Black family tradition of naming people by stars. It is also a [[Wikipedia:Lycoris (genus)|genus]] of flowering plants in the Amaryllis family that is associated with death and reincarnation in Chinese and Japanese folklore. 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 [[Wikipedia:Licorice|liquorice]]. Another member of family with a name of flower is [[Narcissa Malfoy|Narcissa]].
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''[[Wikipedia:Lycoris|Lycoris]]'' means "twilight" in Greek. This name loosely fits into the Black family tradition of naming people after stars, in the sense that twilight denotes the times of day when the stars first begin to appear, or to disappear. It is also a [[Wikipedia:Lycoris (genus)|genus]] of flowering plants in the ''Amaryllis'' family that is associated with death and reincarnation in Chinese and [[Japan]]ese folklore; another member of family with a name of flower is [[Narcissa Malfoy]]. Ovid and [[Wikipedia:Virgil|Virgil]] also mention a mistress of [[Wikipedia:Mark Antony|Mark Antony]] called Lycoris. It is also possible that this name was derived from the plant and sweet [[Wikipedia:Licorice|liquorice]]. The name is also similar to that of [[wikipedia:Lycorias|Lycorias]], a Nereid (sea nymph) of Greek mythology.
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Revision as of 17:00, 21 June 2019

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Lycoris Black (1904 – 1965) was a pure-blood witch, the middle child of Sirius Black II and his wife Hesper Gamp and sister of Arcturus Black III and Regulus. Lycoris never married and never had children.[1]

Behind the scenes

Etymology

Lycoris means "twilight" in Greek. This name loosely fits into the Black family tradition of naming people after stars, in the sense that twilight denotes the times of day when the stars first begin to appear, or to disappear. 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 Malfoy. 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.

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  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 Black family tree
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