“A pig on Aeaea was heard giving sailing directions. The crew followed them and made port by dawn.”
Not all her transformations are punishments.
Epic · One of 40
Circe
“Odysseus resisted her with moly; she kept him a year anyway, willingly.”
A Transformation legend of Spirits & Nymphs
2 known connections · an open question
The living story
The story so far
Circe turned Odysseus's crew to swine, was bested by his moly and nerve, then hosted him for a year and gave him the route to the underworld. In the later telling, she poisoned Scylla's pool out of jealousy over Glaucus — her one petty crime, and she owns it.
Happening now
She still rules Aeaea, still weaves, still keeps pigs (former sailors, mostly reformed). Heroes wash up periodically; she is choosier now.
What may come
Her son Telegonus by Odysseus will one day kill his father unknowingly — the prophecy she never told him. Some hospitality has a long fuse.
Connected
Whispers about Circe
Spirits & Nymphs
Gods of the small hours: rivers, winds, dreams, and thresholds. They were old before the Olympians had names.
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At a glance — details & stats
- Element
- Transformation
- Faction
- Spirits & Nymphs — the in-between
- Rarity
- Epic
- Personality
- The witch of Aeaea, daughter of the Sun, who turns men into pigs and heroes into guests.
- Edition
- One of 40
- Stats
- power 88 · speed 60 · charm 85