Eda Clawthorne

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## Eda Clawthorne

* Debut
* Apocalypse
* Epilogue

### Aliases

The Owl Lady
The most powerful witch on the Boiling Isles
Eda the Owl Lady
Owl Beast
Marylin

### Relatives

Dell Clawthorne (father)
Gwendolyn Clawthorne (mother)
Lilith Clawthorne (older sister)
King (adoptive son)
Unnamed (great-great-grandmother)
Evelyn (ancestor)
Caleb Wittebane (ancestor)

### Home

The Owl House, Boiling Isles, Demon Realm

### Affiliation

Hexside School of Magic and Demonics (formerly)
Banshees (formerly)
The Bad Girl Coven
Bards Against the Throne (formerly)
Covens Against the Throne
University of Wild Magic

### Occupation

Headmaster of the University of Wild Magic (epilogue)
Salvager (formerly)
Potion saleswoman (formerly)

## Biographical information

### Romances

Raine Whispers (partner)
Unnamed (ex-boyfriends)

## Physical description

### Eyes

Gold (right eye)
Grey (left eye)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Wendie Malick
Dee Bradley Baker (cursed form)
Natalie Palamides (teenager)
Abigail Zoe Lewis (child)

### Debut

"A Lying Witch and a Warden"

**Eda Clawthorne** is a major character from the animated series *The Owl House*.

## Background

Eda Clawthorne was at one point the most powerful witch on the Boiling Isles. In the past she went to Hexside with her sister Lilith. It is shown that she caused a lot of trouble while at Hexside. She was cursed by her sister Lilith, who was jealous of her. This made her turn into a owl creature, which she controlled with the help of elixirs. She ended up getting a huge bounty price because of all the trouble she caused. She is shown to be very laid back, and she is kind of weird.

## Appearance

Eda is a tall, slender woman in her mid-to-late 40s, with ivory skin, pointed ears, maroon lips, and golden eyes. Her untamed hair is thick, long, and layered with tones of gray. She has a removable gold fang, orange claw-like nails, and an oval amber gem on her sternum, which helped indicate when the curse was getting worse.

In her youth, she had bright orange hair and didn't have her golden fang yet. In "Wing It Like Witches", it is stated by Lilith that Eda's curse affects her hair, implying it would naturally be the same orange as when she was an adolescent if she were not under the spell.

As of "Young Blood, Old Souls", during which the curse becomes split between her and her sister, her left eye is silver and she has a white streak on the left side of her hair. The oval gem on her sternum is now black, indicating her lack of magic.

In the epilogue to "Watching and Dreaming", Eda's hair has since grown back and is kept in a large bubble braid. Additionally, she has replaced her missing right arm with a gold hook.

## Personality

Confident and sassy, Eda is best described as rebellious, with Luz calling her "surprisingly foxy for her age". Her vast skills and aptitude in witchcraft give her a brash streak, as she proudly declares her power and is openly defiant of authorities, going as far as knocking a guard unconscious and flying off to avoid getting caught.

Unlike her sister Lilith, Eda is vehemently anti-authoritarian, having little to no respect for laws and authority in general. She refuses to join any of the covens because she views them as crooked for the limitations they place on magic. She is also not a fan of the educational system for similar reasons, bemoaning its reliance on "blind obedience" and "pointless busywork".

It's shown that she has a caring side to her and she is willing to protect the people she holds most dear, such as when she protects Luz multiple times, being close to a mother figure for her, as well as swallowing her pride when she realizes that she's being unreasonable and that Luz is miserable not being around her new friends and only having a limited palette with learning about magic, and enrolling her in Hexside. She also deeply cares about Lilith despite them both being on different sides of the law. It also seems she is afraid of losing her friends, and as such tries to ignore the idea of them leaving.

## Disability

In "King's Tide", her right arm was removed and allowed to disintegrate by Raine in order to protect her from the combined effects of her curse and the draining spell. She later replaced her missing right arm with a gold hook.

### Reception

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## Notes and trivia

* In the show, Eda's curse is treated as a chronic illness, while Eda has already accepted that she has to live with it for the rest of her life and has to drink an elixir to keep it under control, her mother spends years searching for a cure. When she realizes there isn't, she has to accept that some things can't be cured, only treated.

## Tropes

* An Arm and a Leg
* Handicapped Badass
* Hook Hand

## See Also

Eda Clawthorne on the The Owl House Wiki
Eda Clawthorne on the LGBTQIA+ Characters Wiki