Circe the sorceress

Circe (pronounced sersee) is an enchantress, sometimes considered a goddess or a nymph. Circe is the daughter of the sun god Helios and the Oceanid Perse. Circe is renowned for her vast knowledge of potions and herbs. Through the use of these and a magic wand or staff, she would transform her enemies, or those who offended her, into animals. At one point, the king of Ithaca, Odysseus visited her island of Aeaea (pronounced eye-ee-uh) on the way back from the Trojan War and she changed most of his crew into swine. He managed to persuade her to return them to human shape, then lives with her for a year and has sons by her, including Latinus and Telegonus. She also had an Italian king visit her, whom she turned into a woodpecker for resisting her advances.​ There was also Scylla, who was a beautiful nymph loved by the sea-god Glaucus. Glaucus sought the help of the sorceress Circe to create a love potion that would make Scylla return his affection. However, Circe was in love with Glaucus herself. Out of jealousy, she instead poured a potent, baleful potion into the spring where Scylla regularly bathed. When Scylla entered the water, the potion took effect, transforming her lower body into a horrifying mass of six barking dog-heads, and other monstrous features. Circe was also taken as the archetype of the predatory female. In the eyes of those from a later age, this behaviour made her notorious both as a magician and as a type of free woman in terms of bed activities. Violent jealousy is one of her bad qualities. She is the daughter of the sun god Helios and Perse, one of the three thousand Oceanid nymphs. Her brothers were Aeëtes, keeper of the Golden Fleece and father of Medea, and Perses. Her and her niece Medea are related to Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft.

She was often confused with Calypso, due to her shifts in behavior and personality, and the association that both of them had with Odysseus. Circe's brother Aeëtes describes how Circe was transferred to Aeaea: "I noted it once after taking a ride in my father Helios' chariot, when he was taking my sister Circe to the western land and we came to the coast of the Tyrrhenian mainland, where she dwells to this day, very far from the Colchian land." Roman poets associated her with the most ancient traditions of Latium, and made her home to be on the promontory of Circe. She (just like every other descendant of Helios) has flashing golden eyes that can shoot out rays of light. Circe has been taught the knowledge of herbs and potions from her mother Perse, who seems to have had similar skills. Her personality is somewhere between like a caring aunt or mother, and a villain. She is a sorceress as well as a seductress. She is also deceptive, lonely, emotional, and protective of her nymphs, as well as charming and attractive. She is dominant and possessive but also strictly believes in consent in a relationship. She has a strong sense of self, and independence. She is ruthless, but also very caring. She is highly intelligent. She lives with and protects her nymphs. Her nymphs are scared any wary of visitors or travelers due to an incident that happened when one assaulted a nymph. Her staff is made of purple and blue magic that glows just like in the picture.

She sings a lot, and one of her favorite songs is the one she sang with odysseus: The are other ways. The lyrics to There are other ways is: "There are other ways of persuasion There are other modes of control, There are other means of deceit, There are other roads to the soul, There are other actions of passion, You have so much left to learn, Want to save your men from the fire? Show me that you're willing to burn, woah. Don't be afraid, Think of your past, Don't break when, there is so much power, so much power But there's no puppet here. This is the price we pay to love, There is no line, never enough, So much power, so much power, But there's no puppet here. There are many ways of persuasion There are many modes of control Maybe showing one act of kindness Leads to kinder souls down the road I remember actions of passion I have been in love once before Maybe one day, the world will need a puppeteer no more Oh, maybe one day, the world will need a puppeteer more!" She also likes to sing a song called Puppeteer whenever she meets people and invites them inside her palace. The lyrics to Puppeteer are: "Come inside, Welcome to the best part of your lives Go ahead and rest wherever you like I've got you, don't worry, Circe's got you now. Take a seat. Let me bring you something to eat. I bet you're tired from the years spent on your feet. I've got you, don't worry, Circe's got you now. Think of your past. And your mistakes. They'll be the last. Mistakes you'll make. I've got all the power, yeah, I've got all the power No, I'm not a player, I'm a puppeteer No, I don't play, I puppeteer, yeah. I've got all the power, yeah, I've got all the power No, I'm not a player, I'm a puppeteer No, I don't play, I puppeteer, yeah." She sings Puppeteer every time she invites someone into her palace.