Selene Lovegood

**"Point me!"**

This article is about **the mother of Luna Lovegood**. You may be looking for **somebody else named *Selene***.

## Selene Lovegood

### Canonicity

None (*Violence Inherent in the System* [1], *Ignore the Dementor* [2])

## Relationship information

### Relatives

* Xenophilius Lovegood (husband)
* Luna Lovegood (daughter)

### (non-canonical)

***The Girl Who Loved* & *Violence Inherent in the System**** Dingo Lovegood (niece)
* Zoot Lovegood (niece)

### (non-canonical)

***Ignore the Dementor**** Unnamed Fairy (perhaps)

## Affiliation

### School

Hogwarts [1]

**Selene Lovegood** is the name used in several stories for the late wife of Xenophilius Lovegood and mother of Luna, whose canonical name Pandora was not revealed until 2015 and thus is either unknown or ignored by many authors.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Pandora Lovegood** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
Luna was present when her mother died (a fact which gives her the ability to see thestrals), and was nine years old at the time, so it must have happened sometime between September of 1989 and August of 1991, depending on the date of her birthday. Canonically, said date is 13 February, thus placing her mother's death between 13 February 1990 and 12 February 1991, but any author using the name *Selene* will likely ignore or be unaware of that for the same reason they do not use *Pandora*. Given that she had a daughter in 1980, she was likely born in the 1940s or 1950s, although late 1930s or early 1960s are also possible.

She is described as looking quite similar to Luna.

## Non-canonical information

### *The Girl Who Loved* and *Violence Inherent in the System*

In this story (published before the name *Pandora* was revealed), Luna mentions that her mother was named *Selene*, although from the way it is formulated it could theoretically refer to a middle, or even a maiden, name instead of a given one.

Selene studied at Hogwarts, and insisted that Luna do so too when Xenophilius suggested sending her to Castle Anthrax like his nieces Zoot and Dingo.

The backlash from the spell that killed her upset a cauldron, in which she had been brewing an unknown Chinese potion. Luna's entire body was covered in this brew until her father came home several hours later, and since the healers didn't recognize the potion they didn't know how to treat her; Luna claims this gave her the ability to see things other cannot, and to speak a language after hearing just a few sentences. (This description of her mother's death may indicate that in this version Luna was younger than in canon, since a nine-year-old getting unexpectedly covered in liquid could be expected to go wash herself. However, there may have been further effects, such as paralysis, disorientation or induced sleep, that kept her from doing so.)

### *Ignore the Dementor*

In this creature!fic, Luna's mother was a fairy like her daughter, but fell in love with and married a wizard sometime after Luna was born (but still a baby); the identity of Luna's biological father (if there was one) is not stated. Her name is never mentioned, but based on that of Luna's daughter Lily Selene Potter, it may have been *Selene*.

## References

1. ↑ "World Exclusive Interview with J K Rowling," *South West News Service*, 8 July 2000 - "Hogwarts just serves Britain and Ireland."
2. ↑ J K Rowling writing on Illness and Disability, originally published 2015-08-10
3. ↑ Tweet from J K Rowling on 2015-07-17
4. ↑ *Violence Inherent in the System*, Chapter 1
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *The Girl Who Loved*, Chapter 15