Bellatrix

Orion's left shoulder

Bellatrix is the third-brightest star in the constellation Orion, marking the hunter's left shoulder.

The name comes from Latin meaning "female warrior." In the Harry Potter series, Bellatrix Lestrange is a villainous witch, which has made the name more familiar to contemporary readers than its astronomical origin.

stellar

Orion

Celestial hunter figure

magnitude · spectral · variable · celestial · light-years · binary · telescope · observatory · night-sky · stellar

etymology

warrior

One skilled in combat

feminine · martial · combatant · valiant · fierce · battle · conqueror

fictional

villain

Wicked story antagonist

  • witchPractitioner of dark arts
  • wandThin ceremonial stick
  • curseInvoked harm through words

Hogwarts · Rowling · antagonist · fanatical · Voldemort

Categories
Opposites
orion constellation position

BellatrixOrion's Belt

Linear three-star asterism

black dwarf · Rigel · Betelgeuse · dwarf star · dark nebula

moral alignment in harry potter

BellatrixMolly Weasley

Lily Potter · Hermione Granger · Luna Lovegood · Minerva McGonagall · Ginny Weasley

magical loyalty/allegiance

BellatrixOrder of the Phoenix

Anti-Voldemort secret society

Sirius Black · Harry Potter · Albus Dumbledore · Neville Longbottom · the Weasleys

Phrases
Family

rebel, rebellion, antebellum, belligerent, bellicose, belligerence, belligerently, bellicosity, belligerents

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