Circe: Powerful Divine Sorceress Who Mastered Healing, Miracles And Transforming People Into Animals In Greek Mythology

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – One of many impressive and colorful figures in Greek mythology is Circe, a divine witch, and goddess of incredible power. She had the ability to predict the future and transform people into animals, Circe was also a shape-shifter and performed cleansing rituals.

Left: Circe and Scylla in John William Waterhouse’s Circe Invidiosa (1892) – Credit: Public Domain – Right: Circe on a 490–480 BC oil jar, Athens-National Archaeological Museum. Credit: Marsyas – CC BY-SA 2.5

She could turn people into animals, change the weather, had knowledge about healing herbs, and was skilled in spinning. Although Circe performed many miracles, she was not immortal.

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