Circe
Swine-maker of myth
Circe is a sorceress from Greek mythology who transforms Odysseus's men into pigs in Homer's *Odyssey*.
The name has come to mean any dangerously seductive woman who uses her charms to manipulate or degrade men: She was a Circe who reduced powerful executives to groveling fools. (Lowercase circe is rare but may appear in literary contexts.)
Woman who uses sorcery
- sorceressFemale practitioner of magic
- spellsMagical utterances or intervals
- potionsMagical liquid mixtures
- wandThin ceremonial stick
transformation · Hecate · Medea · magic · bewitching · incantation · herbs · cauldron
Epic of homecoming
- OdysseusIthaca's long-wandering monarch
- HeliosGreek solar deity
- TitansElder Greek deities
- HomerAncient Greek epic composer
nymph · sorceress · Penelope · Telemachus · immortal · divine · Greek · epic
Domestic porcine animals
- pigsDomesticated farm swine
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- animalsMulticellular mobile organisms
- shapeshiftingTransforming into other beings
beasts · Ovid · curse · enchantment · reversal · degradation · sailors · companions
Treacherous enchantress
- temptressWoman who entices
- seductressWoman who entices romantically
- dangerous womanFemale who poses risk
- witchPractitioner of dark arts
exile · isolation · power · autonomy · vengeance · outcast · misunderstood
New and unusual
- retellingNarrating something anew
- feministGender equality proponent
- reimaginingFresh interpretation of existing material
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
enchantress
Woman who uses sorcery
- sorceressFemale practitioner of magic
- spellsMagical utterances or intervals
- potionsMagical liquid mixtures
wand · transformation · Hecate · Medea · magic · bewitching · incantation · herbs · cauldron · sorcery
Odyssey
Epic of homecoming
Homer · nymph · sorceress · Penelope · Telemachus · immortal · divine · Greek · epic · island
swine
Domestic porcine animals
- pigsDomesticated farm swine
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- animalsMulticellular mobile organisms
shapeshifting · beasts · Ovid · curse · enchantment · reversal · degradation · sailors · companions · bestial
femme fatale
Treacherous enchantress
- temptressWoman who entices
- seductressWoman who entices romantically
- dangerous womanFemale who poses risk
witch · exile · isolation · power · autonomy · vengeance · outcast · misunderstood
novel
New and unusual
- retellingNarrating something anew
- feministGender equality proponent
- reimaginingFresh interpretation of existing material
Margaret Atwood · adaptation · contemporary · Ulysses · Joyce
- Adapted NovelsHarry Potter, The Hunger Games, Twilight, Jurassic Park, The Lord of the Rings
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- witchcraftwitch, spell, spellwork, witches, spells
- Classical FiguresZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Hades
- DC VillainsJoker, Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Riddler, Penguin
- Transformation TalesBeauty and the Beast, The Frog Prince, Swan Lake, Pinocchio, werewolf story