Remus Lupin

Remus Lupin is a character in the Harry Potter series, a werewolf who serves as a professor and member of the Order of the Phoenix.

His name draws on Romulus and Remus of Roman mythology and the Latin *lupus* (wolf), telegraphing his lycanthropy.

The character has become a touchstone in discussions of disability, chronic illness, and stigma in fiction.

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Hogwarts · transformations · full moon · shabby · scarred · professor · Tonks · chocolate · Patronus · boggart · gentle · quiet strength · tired · curse · Order of the Phoenix · phoenix

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Opposites
moral alignment within Harry Potter

Remus LupinVoldemort

Dolores Umbridge · Peter Pettigrew · Bellatrix Lestrange · Lucius Malfoy · Death Eaters

Family

Remus, lupine, lupus

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G