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The wizarding world is a fictional universe and the setting of the Harry Potter series. The term "world" is, however, not entirely correct, as, at least geographically, the series' world is our own. The plot of the series is set in contemporary Great Britain, but in a veiled and disparate shadow society in which magic is real, and those who can use it live in enforced seclusion, hiding their talents from the mundane world. The term is used to refer to the society where wizards and witches live, and by extension all magical things, in sharp contrast to the society and the things of the non-magical, ("Muggle"), people. Although the terms "wizarding world" and "Muggle world" are used, they refer to different perspectives rather than separate planets or universes. Image File history File links Nuvola_apps_important. ...
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In J. K. Rowlings best-selling Harry Potter series of novels, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and eighteen living in The United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland. ...
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Fundamentals - See also: Magic (Harry Potter)
The society of the wizarding world is centered around two facts. The first and most obvious one is the presence and use of magic. Presented as an inborn capability to do otherwise impossible things, magic is honed through study and training into a skill. It permeates every facet of the wizarding world, both as a near-universal tool and imbued in objects, such as wands, vital amplifying/focusing devices for spells, and creatures, including dragons and phoenixes. Spells can have almost any effect, from finding lost objects and turning on lights, to healing and murder. In the Harry Potter books, magic is depicted as a natural force, one that can be used to override the usual laws of nature while still being approached entirely scientifically. ...
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In the Harry Potter series, wands are made from various wood types, with a powerful magical substance at the core. ...
Magical creatures comprise a colourful and integral aspect of the wizarding world in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. ...
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Secondly, it is not considered possible for the Muggle world to coexist peacefully with the wizarding one. As such, a great deal of effort is expended in keeping up the Muggles' ignorance about magic. Enchantment of Muggle artifacts is forbidden, underage students are restricted from using magic in front of Muggles or in Muggle areas, and any deliberate revelation of magical ability is, naturally, punishable. These laws are enforced by the Ministry of Magic, while a special arm of it, the Obliviators, has the job of making certain that Muggles who have seen magic in action will be left with no incriminating memories. In the fictional universe of the Harry Potter series as written by J. K. Rowling, the Ministry of Magic is the governing body of the magical community of Britain and succeeded the earlier Wizards Council. ...
An Obliviator is, in the Harry Potter novel series by J. K. Rowling, the designation for a Ministry of Magic employee who has the task of modifying the memory of a Muggle after witnessing incidents belonging to the magic world. ...
Exceptions to the secrecy include wizards' Muggle relatives and the highest political leaders, such as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (first mentioned in Prisoner of Azkaban when the Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge notifies the Muggle Prime Minister of Sirius Black's escape and first seen in Chapter 1 of Half-Blood Prince). Another exception is in the defence of one's life or the lives of others (including Muggles). The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ...
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) or Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
Cornelius Oswald Fudge is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ...
Sirius Black is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
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. ...
Some aspects of the Wizarding world appear less than modern in character, even old-fashioned and quaint. The technological development of the wizarding world is way behind Muggle technological development - though, in fact, a large number of technologically-complex devices do exist, and the use of magic (a clean, renewable, and easily-used energy source) renders Muggle convenience technologies sometimes unnecessary. Magic and electricity appear to share some similarities: electronic equipment sometimes 'goes haywire' around Hogwarts, and Muggle devices (such as cameras and radios) are able to power themselves on ambient magic. Such examples are rare, however; wizards rarely make use of Muggle technologies nor do they have much interest in doing so.
By the time the books take place however some level of pop culture has entered the wizarding world. Rock music, Posters, and tabloids, are commonplace. Rebellious young wizards have learned to embrace muggle culture fullhartedly, Young Sirius Black's room was filled with pictures of muggle pinup girls, motorcycles and Rock bands. Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ...
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Geography There is no "magical land" in the Harry Potter universe. The wizarding world not only exists alongside ours, but is embedded within it. The small Scottish town of Hogsmeade possesses an entirely magical population. The vast majority of Wizard locations are isolated within the wider non-magical area. Wizards will often live in small communitiesof several families within Muggle villages such as Godric's Hollow in the West Country (home of the Dumbledores and the Potters) or Tinworth in Cornwall. The all-Wizard Weasley family, as well as the Diggory, Lovegood, and Fawcett families, live in the Muggle village of Ottery St Catchpole, presumably near the real town of Ottery St Mary, in Devon. The Wizard emporium Diagon Alley, for instance, lies in central London, just off Charing Cross Road. The train to Hogwarts School departs from the very real King's Cross Station, albeit from Platform 9¾. These locations are hidden by a combination of Muggle-repelling charms, illusions, other magical protections (many magical locations, such as the island of Drear off the coast of Scotland, and the wizarding prison, Azkaban Fortress, are rendered Unplottable, or impossible to locate on a map) and the natural tendency of everyday, non-magical people to ignore anything they cannot explain or understand. Although wizarding society lives for the most part directly amongst muggles, few wizards are aware of basic Muggle culture (for example, as a rule, wizards do not understand Muggle clothing customs. What they wear under their robes, if not such clothing, has never been explained), and a sizable number are proud of their ignorance. Hogsmeade is a fictional village in Scotland that appears in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ...
Godrics Hollow is a fictional village in the Harry Potter series. ...
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Azkaban is the fictional wizard prison in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ...
Population The terms wizard and witch are used in magical society more or less the same way the terms boy/man and girl/woman are used in the Muggle world. Mage and similar words are rare and usually only seen in titles or such.
There is no completely definitive knowledge about the demography of the Wizarding world. We do know that on the year Harry Potter entered Hogwarts, there were 39 students that started school with him[HP1] - Rowling having produced a list to this effect. This seems to indicate a very low birth rate, or a very low number of witches and wizards in Great Britain and Ireland, or a combination of both. This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ...
In J. K. Rowlings best-selling Harry Potter series of novels, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and eighteen living in The United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland. ...
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (film) or Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (video game) Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (published in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone) is the first novel in the Harry Potter series written by J...
Additionally, J.K. Rowling has stated that she imagines the Wizarding population of the UK to be around 3,000. This estimate, although to muggle eyes amazingly small, is understandable: a larger population would be far harder to hide from Muggle knowledge. Rowling has also said that there are about 1000 Hogwarts students then later changed it to 600. Both of these numbers wouldn't fit into a UK with a wizarding population of around 3,000.
However, the following points regarding population have been raised:
- There are a large number of governmental departments (even Arthur Weasley's Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office is staffed by two people), and Harry observes "hundreds" of witches and wizards in the Ministry's Atrium alone - although Harry is admittedly a rather poor judge of numbers (having once seen 200 Slytherin students). This would appear rather too large for such a small population.
- The Quidditch World Cup stadium could hold 100,000 and was built by a "Ministry task force of five hundred." It seems unlikely that a sixth of the entire country worked for a full year on one project. Having said that, the task might have been outsourced to the wizarding populations of other countries (which do exist; the final contenders in the 1994 Quidditch World Cup were Ireland and Bulgaria).
Also, it could be noted that not every creature in the magical community is a witch or wizard. Below exists a list of beasts, beings and spirits - many of which co-exist and co-work with the wizarding community. Examples are Ghosts, Squibs, werewolves, Goblins and house elves. This would create more wizarding citizens to account for. Outsourcing became part of the business lexicon during the 1980s and often refers to the delegation of non-core operations from internal production to an external entity specializing in the management of that operation. ...
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Blood purity is a central concept in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ...
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History Readers have so far learned very little about the history of the magical world. The teaching of History at Hogwarts is conducted in a distinctly lackluster manner, causing most students to drowse during lessons; since the reader depends upon Harry (who has no interest in history at all) for information, the reader gains little knowledge of the topic. Wizarding records also seem confusingly erratic in their accuracy: Ollivander's, a local wand shop, gives a precise date of 382 BC as its inception; however, the founding of Hogwarts (a seminal event in British magical history) is given a vague date of roughly a thousand years before present events. The various Quidditch teams in the United Kingdom trace their founding to the 14th century and earlier. Floo powder, one of the mainstays of Wizard transportation, was invented in the 13th century; however, the name 'floo' would indicate a later origin (after the introduction of the flue chimney). There are many hints that wizard history has paralleled Muggle history to some extent. Dumbledore is noted for having defeated the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, the year of the Allied victory in World War II - although, again, no other history about this supposedly relevant magical event has been mentioned. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
The broad swathe of Wizard history can be gleaned from the books: until the Middle Ages, Wizards and Muggles appear to have co-existed, albeit grudgingly. Hogwarts School, which was built at some point in the tenth or eleventh century, owes its isolation to its founders' fears of Muggle intrusion. During the Middle Ages, witch persecutions increased (although witches were rarely burned in Britain, this being a punishment for heretics), and in 1692, magical peoples gathered from around the world to sign the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, which permanently split off the Wizard world (as well as magical creatures such as dragons and unicorns) from the Muggle world. 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. ...
Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ...
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Government and politics The Ministry of Magic is the British wizarding world's central authority, bureaucracy and law enforcement, led by the Minister for Magic. The Ministry does not answer to any part of the Muggle government, but its head is obliged to inform the Prime Minister of events that could cause Muggle notice, such as escaped criminals or the importation of highly dangerous magical creatures; otherwise, the general Ministry policy is to keep Muggles in ignorance of magical events at all costs (for example, the supposed murder of twelve muggles by Sirius Black was passed off to the grieving relatives as a gas explosion). The Ministry's stated job is to uphold secrecy and order in wizarding Britain, and it maintains a large number of departments, offices and so forth. In the fictional universe of the Harry Potter series as written by J. K. Rowling, the Ministry of Magic is the governing body of the magical community of Britain and succeeded the earlier Wizards Council. ...
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In the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling, the Minister for Magic (original British editions and the film series) or Minister of Magic (US editions) is the head of the Ministry of Magic. ...
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Politically, many aspects of the British wizarding world are far less liberal and democratic than the current muggle political system. The electoral process for choosing Ministry positions, including those in the Wizengamot, is unclear. The role of Minister for Magic appears to be an elected role, but most other positions are filled by appointment rather than election. The Wizengamot, a Court of fifty-odd wizards and witches, serves as the judiciary, whilst the Ministry serves as the executive. Legislative power is divided between the Wizengamot and the Ministry - the precise divisions are undefined.
Public opinion appears to matter greatly to the success of a Minister: at the end of 'The Goblet of Fire', Cornelius Fudge dreaded the media and public reaction to any suggestion that he believed Voldemort to have returned; in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, after he has been forced to resign, he comments that the whole wizarding community had been 'screaming for his resignation for a fortnight'. 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. ...
The Wizengamot, in its function as the wizarding court, appears to function without any basis in the large body of rules which have come into existence over the past thousand years: in Harry's trial, there was little consideration of evidence, the chief judge (Madam Bones) appears to have been willing to free Harry on the basis of a dubious account from a witness which she happened to believe, and there was no opportunity for the court (rather than a jury) to vote in secret. It has the power to imprison a witch or wizard without trial, chance of appeal, or lawyer. It also, apparently, does not require barristers or soliciters.
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To the Muggle world The Muggles remain - for the most part - oblivious to the wizarding world, a situation considered eminently preferable to the alternative by wizards. Most things of magical nature are hidden or otherwise obscured from Muggles, others (such as Dementors or ghosts) simply cannot be seen by them. It is commented that Muggles generally have the ability to dismiss anything they cannot explain (sometimes referred to, though not in the books, as Sunnydale Syndrome). A dementor is an utterly foul fictional being, the worst creature J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter book series has to offer. ...
In the fictional universe of JK Rowlings Harry Potter novels, ghosts play an important secondary role, mainly as supporting characters. ...
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To most magical people, the Muggle world is also basically unknown. Even if they know it is there somewhere, the regular wizard and witch is oblivious of the functionality and differences of the Muggle world. Their attempts to disguise themselves as Muggles, as when they have to venture out into "normal" streets, often have humorous results. A common running gag is the misconception of common Muggle terms like "telephone", "escalator," "plumber," "firearms" or "policeman," which are at various times mistakenly called "fellytone," "escapator," "pumble," "firelegs," and "please-men." The running gag is a popular hallmark of comic and serious forms of entertainment. ...
Muggle Studies is an option of study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However, while some professions require its study, to others it is often considered a "soft option". The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling. ...
In J. K. Rowlings best-selling Harry Potter series of novels, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and eighteen living in The United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland. ...
The only official relations described with the Muggle world are between the Minister of Magic and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince it is revealed that the Minister of Magic privately introduces himself to each new Prime Minister. There is a magical painting in the Prime Minister's office that notifies him of such visits, and a fire that is connected to the Floo Network. Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge advised the Prime Minister (who can be assumed by chronology to be John Major, but never identified by name) of the escape of Sirius Black in order to obtain assistance from the Muggle authorities in apprehending him. Fudge also informed the Prime Minister that several problems he was facing were, in fact, rooted in the war against Voldemort, and that his new secretary Kingsley Shacklebolt was actually an Auror. It can be presumed that Internationally the Prime Minister's counterparts also meet with the leaders of their magical communities. Operatives of Cornelius Fudge once cast a memory charm on another country's president so that Fudge and the prime minister could talk uninterrupted. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ...
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. ...
The Floo Network is a system by which the wizards and witches of the world of Harry Potter travel as an alternative to apparition, portkeys and broomsticks. ...
Cornelius Oswald Fudge is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ...
Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a former British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the British Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. ...
Sirius Black is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
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Kingsley Shacklebolt is a member of the Order of the Phoenix in the Harry Potter series of books. ...
In the Harry Potter book series, Aurors are an elite unit of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the British Ministry of Magic, who track down and capture criminals, in particular those criminals who pose a danger to the wizarding community. ...
The exact extent to which the secrecy and isolation of the wizarding world is maintained varies. Many references are made to the Ministry of Magic performing memory charms to preserve secrecy, however, some Muggles are shown to be aware of the wizarding world. The parents of Hermione Granger are both Muggles, but have been seen in Diagon Alley. They are fully aware that magic exists, but they forbade Hermione to use magic to fix her teeth (as dentists themselves, they felt that this was cheating). The Dursleys are also aware of the wizarding world; Petunia Dursley indicates that she learned of it when her sister, Lily, was accepted to Hogwarts. She apparently shared this information with her husband, who is shown to be contemptuous of the wizarding world even before Harry shows up at their doorstep. There is no indication that Dudley was aware of any of this until Harry himself is told about Hogwarts. Hermione Jane Granger is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
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The Dursleys or the Dursley family are fictional characters in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
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In addition to the families of Muggle-born wizards, there are mixed marriages. Seamus Finnegan reports that his mother was a witch who did not inform his Muggle father until after they were married. The following are minor fictional characters from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling in Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. ...
There is also some unspecified financial relationship between the two worlds, as it is possible to exchange Muggle Money into Wizard Money, as Hermione's parents are shown doing in the second book. This book also states that there is no way to exchange the money back into Muggle money, or at least that Harry Potter believes this to be the case. In the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling, a fictional system of currency is used by the wizards of the United Kingdom. ...
Internationally The magical governments of the world are to some degree united in the International Confederation of Wizards. This organisation, the details of which have not been revealed in the books, plays an important role in maintaining the secrecy of the Wizarding World. It seems to be similar to the United Nations. In the fictional Harry Potter universe, The International Confederation of Wizards is a collection of wizards who meet to discuss serious matters. ...
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Internally See also: Blood purity tensions, the Death Eaters. Blood purity is a central concept in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ...
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Since a person's most important capability – magical aptitude – does not depend on sex, gender equality is highly advanced in the wizarding world, and the "battle of the sexes" never became much of an issue. However, in other respects, prejudice and discrimination seem not only endemic to the Wizard world but in some cases ingrained to the level of apartheid. The most obvious example of wizard prejudice is a longstanding disdain (in some cases, genocidal hatred) for Muggles and wizards and witches of Muggle parentage (Muggle-borns, half-bloods). This has led to a eugenic philosophy among some of the older wizarding families, leading to a practice of "pure-blood" intermarriage that has exposed many of them (such as the Gaunt family) to the risks of mental instability. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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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. ...
Another fairly obvious prejudice, which echoes the condescending attitude taken by various peoples in our world toward natives in conquered lands, is the suspicion or disregard for other species of human intelligence ("beings" in Wizard parlance). Voldemort and his allies frequently exploit these divisions to bring non-human magical creatures, particularly werewolves and giants, over to their cause. In the Harry Potter universe, a being is, as defined by Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a creature worthy of legal rights and a voice in the governance of the magical world. This definition is distinct from beast, or a normal, albeit magical, animal. ...
Werewolves, who for most of the days in the month can function as reasonably normal human beings (whilst spending the remainder as terrifying murderous monsters), are so hated and despised that to reveal their affliction is to end all possibility of future employment; admittedly, some of the hatred and terror of werewolves is inspired by their wolf-form. Matters have been further worsened by the werewolf Fenrir Greyback, a delusional, cannibalistic and humanly savage werewolf with a taste for children's flesh: he has made himself a name of terror in the wizarding world. Whether his attitude is in part a reaction to that of the wizarding world, or whether the attitude of the wizarding world is in part a reaction to his reputation, he has undoubtedly worsened the reputation of werewolves in the wizarding world. A werewolf in the Harry Potter series is a human who, at the full moon, transforms into a wolf. ...
Centaurs, creatures of human intelligence or perhaps greater, are treated with fear and suspicion due to their fiercely proud nature and their love of their nature based traditions. Their half human nature has led to some of the wizarding community calling them 'half breeds', and due to centuries of humans attempts to control and assert their dominance over them the Centaur tribes have developed a dislike for all humans, and will often kill members of the tribe who aid or serve humans as they see this as an admittance of inferiority. The tribe which resides within the Forbidden Forest near Hogwarts often confronts humans who wander in, and have an on/off relationship with the Gamekeeper Hagrid. See also centaur (planetoid), Centaur (rocket stage) Guido Reni, Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21 In Greek mythology, the centaurs (Greek: Κένταυροι) are a race part human and part horse, with a horses body and a human head and torso (illustration, right). ...
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Giants, normally solitary creatures given to territorial aggression, have been rendered nearly extinct by the refusal of Wizards to allow them near habitable land, which has forced the few of their species remaining to cluster together, leading to fights among themselves and further deaths. // The wizarding world of JK Rowlings Harry Potter series is home to a number of mythical creatures from around the world, from Germanic mythology and the folklore of the British Isles to the legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. ...
House-elves, the brownie-like beings who inhabit houses and willingly (indeed joyfully) perform whatever tasks their wizard "masters" ask of them, have been exploited for centuries as a slave-class, often ruthlessly and thoughtlessly. The fact that most appear to like living in servitude has encouraged wizards take them for granted, to the point where some families, for instance the Black family have made it a tradition to place the heads of their dead house-elves on their wall. A house-elf can be cast out of a family on the slightest pretext, and their word is often not accepted as valid testimony in criminal cases. House-elves may be set free by their masters if and only if offered an article of clothing (such as the sock given to Dobby in 'Chamber of Secrets') House-elves are fictional creatures that exist in the world of Harry Potter. ...
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Goblins, while they appear to have at least a grudging co-existence with the wizard world, have nonetheless experienced much discrimination from wizards, and many have led significant uprisings against them in the past. This animosity, however, is returned by Goblins as seen in Deathly Hallows. Bill Weasley explains to Harry that Goblins never consider a wizard to actually own any Goblin-made product, instead the money that was paid for it was simply "rental" money and upon the purchaser's death, the object should pass back into Goblin ownership. They also do not trust a wizard to their word. In the Harry Potter universe, goblins are magical creatures (defined as beings, rather than beasts), chiefly involved with metal work and the running of Gringotts bank. ...
Ageism too seems somewhat endemic in the wizarding world, particularly towards the young. The opinions and thoughts of young people are often ignored by their elders, and teachers at Hogwarts are allowed to bully and maltreat students in a fashion that would be unthinkable in our world today. Since wizards appear magically capable until advanced old age, there seems less prejudice toward the old. In J. K. Rowlings best-selling Harry Potter series of novels, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and eighteen living in The United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland. ...
Education An untrained magical child will perform spontaneous magic intuitively when severely stressed or in danger, but acquiring the control and knowledge required to hone this innate power into a usable skill takes years. A rare exception appears to be Voldemort, who had begun training himself before he enrolled in Hogwarts after receiving a personal invitation from Albus Dumbledore. The education he received there simply increased his already very significant abilities.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is located in Scotland, and services the wizarding population of Great Britain and Ireland. Students enroll at the age of 11 and undertake seven years of training in a variety of subjects from the use of raw magical power to the history of the wizarding world. The schooling is tough, but effective. Some students, after taking their O.W.L. exams at the age of 15 or 16, do not progress to the final N.E.W.T. Level examinations, apparently taken at the age of 18, but choose to leave school, as was the case with Fred and George Weasley, in a much similar fashion that real-world students in Great Britain can choose to leave school after completing their GCSEs, rather than going on to A-levels (English examining system). In J. K. Rowlings best-selling Harry Potter series of novels, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and eighteen living in The United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland. ...
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The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling. ...
Frederick Fred and George Weasley are fictional characters in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
Hogwarts is the main location featured in the 'Harry Potter' book series, a school of magic that is home to over a hundred house elves, numerous ghosts, and about 280 students at a time (40 students per class, divided between the four houses). For most of the series, the Headmaster is Albus Dumbledore. Following, Dumbledore's death in Book 6, Minerva McGonagall is appointed headmaster. However, in book seven Severus Snape is appointed as the new Headmaster after Voldemort's successful takeover of the Ministry of Magic. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character within the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ...
Professor Minerva McGonagall is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
Severus Tobias Snape is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
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In the fictional universe of the Harry Potter series as written by J. K. Rowling, the Ministry of Magic is the governing body of the magical community of Britain and succeeded the earlier Wizards Council. ...
Following completion of a Hogwarts education, there is no standard tertiary education, and there are no wizard universities. Successful Hogwarts students are considered ready to function as adults, though some wizarding professions do require special, years-long training programs subsequent to finishing Hogwarts. These include the professions of the Auror and the Healer (the wizard physician). In the Harry Potter book series, Aurors are an elite unit of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the British Ministry of Magic, who track down and capture criminals, in particular those criminals who pose a danger to the wizarding community. ...
There appears to be no official precursory education, either; apparently, wizard parents home-school their children in basic non-magical topics, such as literacy and arithmetic. Muggle-born wizards, however, clearly experience an ordinary Muggle primary education before enrolling at Hogwarts, something that could be viewed as a cognitive edge. World literacy rates by country The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. ...
Arithmetic tables for children, Lausanne, 1835 Arithmetic or arithmetics (from the Greek word αÏιθμός = number) is the oldest and most elementary branch of mathematics, used by almost everyone, for tasks ranging from simple daily counting to advanced science and business calculations. ...
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Magic is automatic grounds for admittance. Somewhere, there exists a magical quill that writes down the name of those that are born with magical capabilities. Eleven years after a child's name is entered into the book, a letter is sent to the child to explain that they have been admitted at Hogwarts and should attend on the following September 1st. Muggle-born students are visited by an envoy, who explains the situation to the student and their parents.[1] The homes of students who are in exceptional circumstances (e.g. Tom Marvolo Riddle and Harry Potter) may also be visited.
One of the Hogwarts policies is sorting the students into four Houses. This is done during the first year, on the first day at school. Students are divided by traits of personality or aspirations, or familial background, using the Sorting Hat. In the Harry Potter series, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. ...
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Wizarding Examinations Authority The Wizarding Examinations Authority is an organisation responsible for examining students in their fifth and seventh years taking their O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. exams. The head, Griselda Marchbanks, is an elderly witch who examined a school-aged Albus Dumbledore in his N.E.W.T.s. In the fictional Harry Potter series, N.E.W.T. is an acronym for Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test, a highly advanced test of magical ability in a particular field that the Ministry of Magic administers to students before they graduate from Hogwarts. ...
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Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character within the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ...
Known foreign schools
Beauxbatons Academy of Magic - Headmistress: Olympe Maxime
- Location: Southern France
- Language: French
- Uniforms: Fine silk robes of pale blue
- Coat of Arms: Two golden wands, both shooting out three stars, crossed on a light-blue background.
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Durmstrang Institute - Headmaster: Igor Karkaroff (until the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire).
- Location: Secret, apparently somewhere in northern Europe, possibly Eastern Russia, since the students' uniforms include fur cloaks and winter days are said to be shorter than in Scotland. Its catchment area may include Bulgaria, ironically a very hot country,as the 1994 Bulgarian Quidditch Seeker Viktor Krum was the Durmstrang champion for the 1994 Triwizard Tournament (although Draco Malfoy's parents ostensibly considered sending him there).
- Uniforms: Blood red robes and heavy furs and staffs.
Professor Igor Karkaroff was a fictional character in the Harry Potter series, portrayed by Predrag Bjelac. ...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) or Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling. ...
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The Champions of the 1994-1995 Triwizard Tournament: shown characters are portrayed by the actors that play them in the movies The Triwizard Tournament is a fictional tournament featured in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. ...
Salem Witches' Institute - Headmaster: Unknown
- Location: United States, presumably in Salem, Massachusetts.
- Note: This may not be a school at all; the claim that it is represents a prominent example of Harry Potter fanon. There is a reference to several middle-aged American witches sitting under a banner reading "Salem Witches' Institute" outside the Quidditch World Cup in Goblet of Fire, chapter 7. It may be intended as a parody of the Women's Institute or simply as some kind of U.S. professional association for witches.
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The Quidditch World Cup is an event held in the Harry Potter universe every four years since 1473. ...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) or Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling. ...
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Other schools - Bill Weasley had a pen pal at an unknown school in Brazil, who took offence when Bill couldn't afford a student exchange programme and sent him a cursed hat that made his ears shrivel up.
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Economy - See also: Money in Harry Potter
Wizards have their own currency, based on coins in an initially puzzling non-decimal system. The three types of coins are Galleons (equivalent to British Imperial Gold Sovereigns), Sickles (equivalent to British Imperial silver shillings) and Knuts (equivalent to British Imperial pennies). Conversion rates are 29 Knuts to a Sickle and 17 Sickles (493 Knuts) to a Galleon. Since notes of exchange are not used, the handling of wizard money may be quite cumbersome. In the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling, a fictional system of currency is used by the wizards of the United Kingdom. ...
In the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling, a fictional system of currency is used by the wizards of the United Kingdom. ...
The main economic entity in Britain is Gringotts, a wizard bank run by goblins with a high and rather lethal security system (including a vast subterranean maze and dragons). There are hundreds of vaults, each one with a unique key, whose possessor alone can open it. In these vaults a person can keep whatever he wants (like a security vault). Gringotts is the bank of the wizarding world in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. ...
In the Harry Potter universe, goblins are small creatures that run Gringotts bank. ...
Based on statements in the Comic Relief novelty books 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' and 'Quidditch Through the Ages', the exchange rate would appear to be roughly three sickles, 6 knuts to every pound/£5.14 to every Galleon: the Galleon is therefore worth more than five times the pound. Regarding conversion to American money, the Galleon is equivalent to $7.50 as stated by J.K. Rowling. So if you do your maths a sickle is only (rounded up) $0.44, and a knut is only about a cent and a half.
Medicine Wizard medicine is well ahead of its Muggle counterpart. While Muggle medicine largely attempts to stimulate the body's own healing and defence systems, magic can simply impose well-being. Healing is not as simple as ordinary spells, but should be able to cure minor injuries in a negligible amount of time and just about every other somatic problem (even missing or boneless limbs) given somewhat longer. Conventional ailments, save from large-scale neurological damage, appear to be very easy to fix. Of course, a number of problems in a setting like this don't qualify under conventional ailments. It is known that wizards may eat chocolate after confrontations with dementors (in [HP3] Professor Lupin gives Harry chocolate many times, and when Lupin and Harry are in the hospital wing Madam Pomfrey asks "Have they had chocolate yet?"). The term somatic refers to the body, as distinct from some other entity, such as the mind. ...
Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. ...
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) or Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
Wizards have had a cure for the common cold for years: it is known as Pepper-up Potion and is characterised by the patient emitting steam from their ears. Fiona, often known as the The Maher Man, is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system (nose and throat). ...
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Wizards do not appear to make use of vaccinations, however: a common cause of death appears to be Dragon Pox.
Wizard doctors and surgeons are known as Healers. While Madam Pomfrey runs a mean hospital wing at Hogwarts, the central establishment for this purpose is the St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. Madam Poppy Pomfrey is a magical nurse in the Harry Potter series of books. ...
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Various magical diseases, such as "dragonpox" and "vanishing disease", are mentioned in the books, but little is known about them.
Lifespan Though never explicitly mentioned in the books, Rowling has admitted that the potential lifespan of a witch or wizard is longer than that of a Muggle. Albus Dumbledore, old by any standards, is approximately 150 years of age at the time of his demise in the penultimate book. In addition, the character Griselda Marchbanks appears in the fifth novel, stating that she once examined Dumbledore during his N.E.W.T.s. She would have to be at least a decade older than Dumbledore if this statement held true. As another example, Hagrid, who is portrayed as a relatively young adult, is actually in his sixties; he was expelled during his third year at Hogwarts, and this occurred about 50 years ago.[HP2] However, despite this claim, Rowling has not shown many long-lived wizards: indeed, the Black Family Tree shows most listed members dying at ages not even at average for Muggles. Rowling has never given a specific average lifespan for a magical person, but it is at least understandable that magic may have profound effect on prolonging a witch or wizard's life (or perhaps general exposure to magic may increase lifespan). Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character within the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ...
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Transportation The Wizarding world is fragmented and disassociated in structure. It can be represented by a single small terraced house in an entirely Muggle town, or a single street in the back alleys of London. The population is small and sparsely scattered. Wizard modes of transport, therefore, embody the necessity of covering large distances very quickly.
Floo Powder Floo Powder is a green-coloured powder that is thrown into a lit fireplace. Its immediate effect is to turn the flames green. A witch or wizard then steps into the fireplace and clearly says aloud the name of the place they wish to go. This is followed by a spinning sensation. Floo Powder is a very popular method of transportation, and there is even a Floo Network. A fireplace must be on the Floo Network for one to travel to it. How exactly the Floo Network is operated is unclear, but we do know that Ministry officials are able to monitor it. The Floo Network is a system by which the wizards and witches of the world of Harry Potter travel as an alternative to apparition, portkeys and broomsticks. ...
Apparition Apparition and disapparition are other forms of transport for witches and wizards. This is when they are able to disappear and appear at another place almost instantly. This particular mode of transportation is difficult to master and it becomes increasingly unreliable over long distances. It requires an ability to concentrate on the destination, focus that determination on the desired destination, and a sense of deliberation to reach your goal. Normally, only Apparition-licensed wizards, over the age of seventeen, may apparate at will. There is also "Side-Along Apparition", where a wizard unable, for whatever reason, takes hold of an arm of another wizard, who is able to apparate; the two can then apparate together entirely under the power of the able wizard. This can be used as a means of allowing an underaged wizard to legally apparate: it is used in book six when Harry and Dumbledore go to Professor Slughorn's residence. Mode of transport (or means of transport or transport mode or transport modality or form of transport) is a general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo. ...
Poor focus results in splinching, a term for the separation of body parts. Played mostly for laughs in the first six books, in book seven Ron suffers a serious wound as a result of splinching, and Rowling makes a point of contrasting the humorous sounding effect with the reality of it. Even experienced wizards hesitate when using this method to travel great distances — it is usually safer to use another method.
Apparition, whilst not requiring any form of incantation, can only be performed by a wizard/witch in posession of a wand
Broomsticks The brooms wizards use have enchantments on them that enable them to fly. They are used to travel long distances, or for sport, particularly in the game Quidditch. Modern brooms have a Cushioning Charm (invented by Elliot Smethywick) to prevent great discomfort. For a greater knowledge of the evolution of broomsticks and of the various sports involving them, consult Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp. // Quidditch is a fictional sport developed by J. K. Rowling, found in the internationally bestselling Harry Potter novels and films. ...
Quidditch Through the Ages is both a fictional book described in the Harry Potter series of childrens novels by the British author Joanne Rowling, and a real book by that author. ...
Some modern broomsticks include the Comet series, Cleansweep series, Nimbus series, and the Firebolt.
The Knight Bus The Knight Bus is a magical triple-decker bus. It is described as "violently purple", with "gold lettering over the windscreen". To flag it down, all a witch or wizard must do is stick out their wand arm. The driver is Ernie Prang and the conductor was Stan Shunpike, who was imprisoned in Azkaban in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Knight Bus in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film The Knight Bus is a heavily enchanted, violently purple, triple-decker bus which transports magical folk in the Harry Potter fiction novels by J. K. Rowling. ...
Ernie Prang is a fictional character in the Harry Potter novels. ...
Stan Shunpike is a fictional character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of novels. ...
Azkaban is the fictional wizard prison in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ...
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. ...
Flying creatures A range of flying creatures are available for transport, although this appears not to be a common mode of travel among the wizarding community.
It is possible to travel using Hippogriffs. In Book 3, Harry, Hermione and Sirius travelled using the Hippogriff Buckbeak. Roger Delivering Angelica by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, painted 1819, portrays the scene from Orlando furioso in which Roger, mounted on a hippogriff, rescues Angelique. ...
Buckbeak (later renamed Witherwings) is a hippogriff, a magical beast in the fictional Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling. ...
Harry Potter used thestrals to travel in Book 5. The book also mentions that Dumbledore sometimes uses a thestral when he wishes to travel in secrecy. Thestrals also pull the Hogwarts carriages that transport students from Hogsmead station to Hogwarts castle. Thestrals are used again in evacuating Harry from Little Whinging at the beginning of Book 7. Thestrals are fictional large winged horses introduced in the novel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. ...
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Headmistress of Beauxbatons (Book 4) travels in a carriage drawn by several winged horses; but the coach itself may also have some flying ability, since it does not hang below the horses. It is possible that the horses only provide the propulsive power, but the actual situation is not clearly described in the book. Olympe Maxime is a character from the Harry Potter series, created by J. K. Rowling. ...
Beauxbatons Academy of Magic is a fictional magic school similar to Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series of books. ...
In Book 2, Harry and others are carried by Fawkes the Phoenix. The travellers hold on to his tail feathers. A different technique is used by Dumbledore in Book 5, where he grabs Fawkes' tail feathers and both vanish in a flash of fire. Harry Potter character. ...
Portkeys Portkeys are ordinary objects that have been magically granted the power to transport people who touch them. Portkeys can be dangerous, as they can send unsuspecting people anywhere, and are thus illegal to operate without authorization. Portkeys can be set to activate either at a prearranged time, or as soon the person comes in contact with them. To prevent Muggles from accidentally touching and activating Portkeys, wizards usually choose to enchant objects which are unlikely to be noticed or interfered with by muggles such as old potion bottles or drinks cans. Look up muggle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Other methods - Hogwarts students are transported to and from Hogwarts on the Hogwarts Express.
- Students from the wizarding school Durmstrang travelled to Hogwarts on a ship. Apparently, even though it suddenly appeared from a whirlpool in the Hogwarts lake, there is still rowing involved.
- Flying Carpets are a primary form of wizarding transport in Asia. Flying carpets are their equivalent to the broomstick. Flying carpets are designated as contraband in Britain, under the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Act (broomsticks are not considered Muggle Artifacts).
- Very rarely, a Centaur will allow a human to ride on his back. This is the most solemn of events, offered only to highly honoured riders.
- Wizards sometimes travel in enchanted Muggle transports. In Book 1, Hagrid took Harry to his aunt by travelling on a flying motorbike formerly owned by Sirius Black. In Book 2, it is mentioned that Arthur Weasley had enchanted a Ford Anglia, which could fly or become invisible when a button is pressed.
- In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Draco Malfoy finds a way to travel from the shop Borgin and Burkes to Hogwarts through the use of a vanishing cabinet.
- In the seventh book, it is revealed that Lord Voldemort has discovered a magical means of flying under his own power, unaided by broom, carpet, or other conveyance. This demonstrates his advanced magical capability, as no other wizard in history has been mentioned who could fly without some kind of bewitched vehicle. Towards the end of the story, Severus Snape demonstrates the same ability, most likely taught to him by Voldemort, but it is unclear whether this discovery will outlive its inventor's death.
In J. K. Rowlings best-selling Harry Potter series of novels, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and eighteen living in The United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland. ...
Rubeus Hagrid meets the Hogwarts Express at Hogsmeade station in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ...
Durmstrang Institute of Sorcery is a fictional magic school in the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling. ...
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Communication A variety of magical communication methods are available to the wizarding world.
Owls By far the most popular method of communication is via owls. Owls are used for conveying packages, with multiple owls acting in concert for heavier ones; sending mail; delivering newspapers; and in general acting as a replacement for the Postal Service of the Muggle world. There is payment in some circumstances, with the owl requesting that coins be placed in a leather pouch attached to its leg, but this is inconsistent. Not only owls may be used; Sirius makes use of a tropical bird, likely a macaw, on one occasion. Families Strigidae Tytonidae Ogygoptyngidae (fossil) Palaeoglaucidae (fossil) Protostrigidae (fossil) Sophiornithidae (fossil) Synonyms Strigidae sensu Sibley & Ahlquist Owls are a group of birds of prey. ...
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How the owls find the recipients of the letters they carry is not specifically stated. In some circumstance, letters have extremely explicit addresses to them (specifying particular rooms or locations inside of a building). Other times, there is no mention of an address, and the owl is simply told to whom to deliver. It was stated by Ron in one of the books that the owls once went on a 1-day strike over pay and benefits.
Also, though owls are portrayed as flying directly to the recipient of their package, it is implied that owl traffic can be monitored and even interrupted. There are several references to "the owls being watched" and Harry uses different owls to communicate with Sirius since his snowy owl, Hedwig, would supposedly attract too much attention. On one occasion Hedwig is injured after being intercepted and searched.[2] Hedwig is the name of Harry Potters owl in the fictional Harry Potter series of books and films. ...
Floo Network This method of travelling is also used quite frequently to communicate; this is typically done by sticking your head, as opposed to your entire body, into the fireplace. However, this particular method is quite uncomfortable. This seems to be the wizarding equivalent of the telephone.
Other Methods - There is wizarding radio; how this does not conflict with existing Muggle radio is unexplained (although it is possible that muggles simply cannot hear the broadcasts). No mention is made of analogous television. However, this does not rule out the possibility.
- The Protean Charm allows objects to be attuned to the changes of a master object and change accordingly, thus allowing a broadcast message. Voldemort has used the charm to his advantage, as Death Eaters all share a common tattoo, and can be alerted by Lord Voldemort by his touching his own or one of the others. Hermione also used this charm on coins to inform members of the DA of meeting times.
- Memos shaped like paper airplanes are used for internal communication within the Ministry of Magic, as owls make too much mess.
- If magical portraits of an individual exist in multiple locations, the subject appears able to move between them, talking to others on each end and reporting on what is going on. Magical portraits appear generally to allow their occupants to visit each other, and to move from painting to painting. In both the book and film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban, this is shown when one of the characters in the paintings deserts her own picture when confronted by Sirius Black.
- Magical mirrors, in pairs, can communicate by one holder speaking the name of the other holder into the mirror.
- Fawkes the phoenix is capable of giving long-range warnings via his feathers.
- In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore makes a comment that members of the order "have more reliable methods of communicating" than the Floo Network. This could refer to sending messages through means such as using the Patronus Charm. For example, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Nymphadora Tonks sends a corporeal Patronus as a message to say that Harry is safe, after finding him under his Invisibility Cloak on the Hogwarts Express. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this is expanded upon; a witch or wizard's patronus will actually speak with the caster's voice.
- Howlers are letters sent in scarlet envelopes, which when opened yell at the receiver in the voice of the sender. Ron Weasley received one from his mother in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for stealing his father's car, and she severely chastized him with it for doing so. If the recipient tries to ignore the letter by leaving it unopened, it explodes and will scream even louder.
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In the Harry Potter fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling, a Patronus is an insubstantial animal form protector created by the advanced Patronus Charm spell, and one way to defend against Dementors and certain other dark creatures. ...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) or Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is the second novel in the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling. ...
Food and beverages The following are food and beverages unique to the wizarding world:
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Butterbeer Butterbeer is the drink of choice for younger wizards. Harry is first presented with the beverage in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Though marketed to children, it does contain alcohol: it appears to cause no noticeable drunkenness on a thirteen-year-old human (though it creates the feeling of "warmth"), but is strong enough to cause drunkenness in a house-elf; presumably, in very large amounts, the same would apply to a human. In the sixth book, Harry wonders what Ron and Hermione might do at Professor Slughorn's Christmas party "under the influence of Butterbeer", indicating that it can lower inhibitions, though presumably in very large amounts. J. K. Rowling said in her interview to Bon Appetit magazine that she imagines it "to taste a little bit like less-sickly butterscotch". Butterbeer can be served cold or hot but either way it has a warming effect. The juxtaposition of butter with a beverage familiar to westerers is reminiscent of the drink buttertea that Heinrich Harrer encountered in his adventures in Tibet. The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids. ...
Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the main character of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter fantasy series of books. ...
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) or Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
Trinomial name Homo sapiens sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin: wise man or knowing man) in the family Hominidae (the great apes). ...
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