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Blood purity is a central concept in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. Wizards who have four magical grandparents are known as pure-blood; those who have one or more Muggle (non-magical) grandparents are known as half-blood. Those with two Muggle parents are known as Muggle-born, or, pejoratively, as "Mudblood". Among pure-blooded families, a division exists between those who accept and appreciate those of mixed or Muggle parentage, such as the Weasley family, and those who consider such people inferior, such as the Malfoy and Gaunt families. A blood traitor is a derogatory term employed by the latter group for a pure-blood who fails to maintain the proper prejudices against non-pure-bloods (i.e., people who enjoy the company of and/or help Muggles and Muggle-borns). This label has been applied to the Weasley family, Sirius Black, and Merope Gaunt Image File history File links Emblem-important. ...
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Joanne Jo Murray, née Rowling OBE[1] (born 31 July 1965),[2] who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling,[3] is a British writer and author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. ...
In the Harry Potter series created by J.K. Rowling, magic is depicted as a natural force that can be used to override the usual laws of nature while still being approached entirely scientifically. ...
Muggle is the only word used in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling to refer to a normal person who lacks any sort of magical ability. ...
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A photograph from the fictional wizard newspaper The Daily Prophet, as seen in the film series, showing the Weasleys on holiday in Egypt. ...
The Malfoy family is a powerful wizard family in the Harry Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling. ...
The House of Gaunt is a fictional family of wizards and witches in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ...
Sirius Black is a fictional character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. ...
The House of Gaunt is a fictional family of wizards and witches in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ...
Pure-blood supremacists consider blood purity a measurer of a wizard's magical ability; this is not the case, however. Hermione Granger, for example, is Muggle-born, yet she is consistently at the top of her class, and is by all accounts a highly-skilled witch. It is especially true when one considers that some of the most powerful characters are half-bloods (Voldemort, Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore). Not to be confused with suprematism. ...
Hermione Jean Granger (first name pronounced IPA: ) is a fictional character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. ...
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Severus Snape is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character within the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ...
The establishment and maintenance of pure-blood dominion over the wizarding world is the prime motivation for many of the series's evil characters. As critic Colleen O'Brien notes, the wizards who see themselves as superior because of their heritage, are the books' villains, while Harry Potter and his friends disagree with this ideology.[1] Hogwarts, a wizarding school. ...
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Concept and creation
Pure-blood Pure-blood wizards claim to have no Muggle blood at all in their genealogical pedigree. In response to fan questions, Rowling has said that to be considered pure-blood, all of one's grandparents must have been wizards: some of the more severe schools of thought may require several more generations of wizards to be considered pure-blood. She has also said that true pure-blood wizards do not exist in the Harry Potter universe (if they ever did exist in the past), and that they merely erase Muggles and Squibs off their family trees.[2]
Notable pure-blood families include the Black family, the Malfoy family, the Longbottom family, the Crouch family, and the Weasley family. These and the few other remaining families are all interconnected by marriage.[3] Over the course of the series, some prominent families have died out. The Crouch and Gaunt lines have become extinct during the course of the series, and there are very few known lines left. The Weasleys are the only known pure-blood family with more than one male heir. The Malfoy family is a powerful wizard family in the Harry Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling. ...
A photograph from the fictional wizard newspaper The Daily Prophet, as seen in the film series, showing the Weasleys on holiday in Egypt. ...
The House of Gaunt is a fictional family of wizards and witches in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ...
Some of the strongest advocates of blood purity are not pure-blood themselves. A notable example is Lord Voldemort, a half-blood whose mother was a pure-blood witch of the Gaunt family, who were descended from Hogwarts founder Salazar Slytherin. At the same time, some pure-blood wizards are not themselves advocates of blood purity: both the Weasleys and Longbottoms are old pure-blood families; all the known members of these two families reject notions of blood purity.[4][5][6]The Black family also seems to have produced one or two such black sheep in every generation.[3] Lord Voldemort (born as Tom Marvolo Riddle)(IPA: [1][2]) is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ...
In the popular Harry Potter series of fiction, written by British novelist J.K. Rowling, four characters are named as founders of the wizarding school Hogwarts. ...
Black Sheep may refer to many different things: // English language Black sheep is a derogatory colloquial term in the English language meaning an outsider or one who is different in a way which others disapprove of. ...
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix it is revealed that pure-blood families intermarry with each other.[5] It is confirmed that at least the Blacks and the Gaunts inbred into their own families by marrying their cousins.[5][7] It is notable that, especially in the Gaunt and Black families, individual members have a certain amount of mental instability and emotional problems.[7] The Gaunts were known for their violent nature, most notably Lord Voldemort's uncle, Morfin Gaunt, and Lord Voldemort himself. OotP redirects here. ...
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The House of Gaunt is a fictional family of wizards and witches in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ...
Pure-blooded families
The Black family Most of the members of The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black were advocates of blood purity, and many were involved with the Dark Arts. The Black family home at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, London, contains many artifacts of dubious origin and/or dangerous ability. The family motto is Toujours Pur, which is French for "Always Pure". It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Magic (Harry Potter). ...
Number 12, Grimmauld Place, London is the address of a fictitious house in the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling. ...
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The Blacks intermarried with several other pure-blood families, including the families of known Dark (or at least, malicious) wizards such as Flint, Bulstrode, Malfoy, Crabbe, Rosier, Yaxley, and Lestrange, and also non-Dark families such as Potter, Crouch, Longbottom, Macmillan, Prewett, and Weasley. The last several generations of Blacks all trace their ancestry back to Phineas Nigellus Black and Ursula Black (née Flint). Spoiler warning: Phineas Nigellus Black (1847-1926), more commonly known as Phineas Nigellus, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series, the great-great-grandfather of Sirius Black, and said to be the least popular headmaster Hogwarts ever had (though it is possible Dolores Umbridge has since usurped this...
The Blacks believed in Voldemort's idea of "purifying the wizarding race", but many, such as Sirius' parents, refrained from outwardly supporting him once they saw what he was willing to do for power. Sirius' brother, Regulus Black, was a Death Eater, but later had a change of heart after Voldemort tried to kill the house elf Kreacher. To weaken Voldemort, he stole, with the assistance of Kreacher, one of Voldemort's Horcruxes and, in the course of this, was killed by Inferi. Regulus Arcturus Black is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
In the fictional Harry Potter series, a Death Eater is a follower of Lord Voldemort. ...
Kreacher is a fictional magical creature in the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling and the Warner Bros. ...
A dead body used by Dark wizards for evil; they are not brought to life but are similiar to zombies. ...
Although there are several living Black family members throughout the series, all are either female, female-line distaff Black descendants, or descendants of disowned family members, and none of them has the name of Black. The last known surviving bearer of the family name, Sirius Black, is murdered by his cousin Bellatrix in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Nymphadora Tonks and her husband Remus Lupin also die during the final battle at Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, leaving behind an infant son, Teddy Remus Lupin to be cared for by his grandmother Andromeda Tonks. OotP redirects here. ...
The family tree is described in the fifth book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but it came more directly to public attention in January 2006 when the author donated a version she had hand-drawn to a Book Aid International charity auction. The tree shows the members of one of the oldest magical families, and their links by marriage to a number of other families whose members also appear in the books. The tree described in the books extends back some 700 years, but the version drawn by Rowling only covers approximately 150 years. Exact details of the tree were kept secret during the charity auction by publishing only incomplete or partially blurred images of the item for sale. However, a number of people attending the auction made notes which were used to confirm the details upon it, and a compilation of the details was published. This was later amended by further information from another copy of the tree incorporated into the film set for Order of the Phoenix where the tree appears displayed in the Black family house, Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place. OotP redirects here. ...
In the Harry Potter series created by J.K. Rowling, magic is depicted as a natural force that can be used to override the usual laws of nature while still being approached entirely scientifically. ...
Number 12, Grimmauld Place, London is the address of a fictitious house in the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling. ...
The tree caused a considerable stir amongst fans as it provided new information about elements of the plot of the series in between publication of volumes six (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and seven (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). It was eventually purchased for £30,000 on behalf of British actor Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry Potter in the film series.[8] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on July 16, 2005, is the sixth of seven novels in J.K. Rowlings popular Harry Potter series. ...
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Daniel Jacob Radcliffe[1] (born 23 July 1989) is a British film, television and stage actor. ...
Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the main protagonist of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of fantasy books. ...
The Harry Potter film series are the fantasy films based on the Harry Potter series of novels by British author J. K. Rowling. ...
Rowling made a similar donation before the book launch of Order of the Phoenix, when she gave a card with notes about the book to be auctioned for the same charity in 2002.[9]
The following is not a complete family tree—the Black family extends back to the Middle Ages. However, this tree shows the last few generations before the line ended. It shows the oldest generations on the left and the younger ones on the right. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
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