HARRY POTTER LEXICONTHE HARRY POTTER LEXICONCHARACTERSPLACESMAGICEVENTSTHINGS more. We are celebrating 20 Years of the Lexicon with a Twentieth Anniversary Canon Celebration! Welcome to the Harry Potter Lexicon The most compleat and amazing reference to the wonderful world of Harry Potter est. 2000 A.D. Photography by Minh Le.
THE CLASS LIST
The Class List, also known as “The Original Forty,” is a list of forty students in Harry’s year from Rowling’s notes from the early 1990s as she was creating her world. During the BBC television interview “Harry Potter and Me,” Rowling showed a page from her notebooks which details every student in Harry’s year. This HARRY POTTER LEXICON Wizarding World Currency Exchange. Hagrid explained wizarding world money to Harry this way: “The gold ones are Galleons. Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough.”. That may have seemed easy to Hagrid, but it certainly isn’t easy for us Muggles. Thankfully, the Wizard Money Converter is DARK MAGIC ITEMS
Dark Magic items are magical artifacts that contain sinister, dangerous magical powers. Some, like the Hand of Glory, simply give light, but are obviously created using evil magic; a Hand of Glory actually uses a real human hand, for example. Other Dark Magic items are cursed, like the opal necklace in Borgin and Burkes. Horcruxes are in a category of their IMAGINARY CREATURES
Imaginary creatures. Imaginary creatures are animals that do not exist in the wizarding or Muggle worlds. Luna Lovegood references Blibbering Humdingers and Crumple-Horned Snorkacks as beings that people, surprisingly to her, believed were not real ( OP13) The Crumple-Horned Snorkack is mentioned in relation to the Lovegoods believing in odd THE PROPHECY
Harry learns that Snape was the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy Snape overhears part of the Prophecy and rushes to tell Voldemort The Battle of the Department of Mysteries Dumbledore interviews Sybill Trelawney for the post of Divination teacher at Hogwarts Umbridge tries to toss Trelawney out of Hogwarts Snape meets Dumbledore on the Windy Hilltop Voldemort is reborn in the Little GRADES AT HOGWARTS
Occasionally grades are given in numerical values or percents: Hermione received a 320 percent score in Muggle Studies, before dropping the class ().Hermione made 120 percent on a Charms test once ().When Harry's Confusing Concoction wouldn't thicken, he saw Snape write "something that looked suspiciously like a zero onto his notes before moving away" (). HORCRUXES TIMELINE
Horcruxes are some of the most evil magic items created. They were originally invented by Herpo the Foul in ancient times. Tom Marvolo Riddle split his soul seven ways and created and hid a number of them in an effort to make himself immortal. This timeline traces the people and events connected to the creation of all of those Horcruxes and the circumstances which led to their discovery and SIRIUS BLACK TIMELINE TIMELINE James Potter publicly humiliates Severus Snape. During a break from testing in their fifth year, the group of Gryffindor friends known as the Marauders – James Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and Sirius Black – are sitting outside on the Hogwarts grounds near the lake with their classmates. James releases and catches a stolen Snitch O.W.L. RESULTS ARRIVE AT THE BURROW Timeline Notes. Ron says "it's been a month" since O.W.L.s finished, and the exams probably finished on 18 June ().We also know from HBP06 that Harry spends "a few weeks" at the Burrow prior to his birthday on 31 July - so it's likely that it's been a little less than a month, rather than a little more. That, plus our date reference from HBP18, means that this is most likely Saturday, 13 July. HARRY POTTER LEXICONTHE HARRY POTTER LEXICONCHARACTERSPLACESMAGICEVENTSTHINGS more. We are celebrating 20 Years of the Lexicon with a Twentieth Anniversary Canon Celebration! Welcome to the Harry Potter Lexicon The most compleat and amazing reference to the wonderful world of Harry Potter est. 2000 A.D. Photography by Minh Le. THE CLASS LIST
The Class List, also known as “The Original Forty,” is a list of forty students in Harry’s year from Rowling’s notes from the early 1990s as she was creating her world. During the BBC television interview “Harry Potter and Me,” Rowling showed a page from her notebooks which details every student in Harry’s year. This HARRY POTTER LEXICON Wizarding World Currency Exchange. Hagrid explained wizarding world money to Harry this way: “The gold ones are Galleons. Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough.”. That may have seemed easy to Hagrid, but it certainly isn’t easy for us Muggles. Thankfully, the Wizard Money Converter is DARK MAGIC ITEMS
Dark Magic items are magical artifacts that contain sinister, dangerous magical powers. Some, like the Hand of Glory, simply give light, but are obviously created using evil magic; a Hand of Glory actually uses a real human hand, for example. Other Dark Magic items are cursed, like the opal necklace in Borgin and Burkes. Horcruxes are in a category of their IMAGINARY CREATURES
Imaginary creatures. Imaginary creatures are animals that do not exist in the wizarding or Muggle worlds. Luna Lovegood references Blibbering Humdingers and Crumple-Horned Snorkacks as beings that people, surprisingly to her, believed were not real ( OP13) The Crumple-Horned Snorkack is mentioned in relation to the Lovegoods believing in odd THE PROPHECY
Harry learns that Snape was the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy Snape overhears part of the Prophecy and rushes to tell Voldemort The Battle of the Department of Mysteries Dumbledore interviews Sybill Trelawney for the post of Divination teacher at Hogwarts Umbridge tries to toss Trelawney out of Hogwarts Snape meets Dumbledore on the Windy Hilltop Voldemort is reborn in the Little GRADES AT HOGWARTS
Occasionally grades are given in numerical values or percents: Hermione received a 320 percent score in Muggle Studies, before dropping the class ().Hermione made 120 percent on a Charms test once ().When Harry's Confusing Concoction wouldn't thicken, he saw Snape write "something that looked suspiciously like a zero onto his notes before moving away" (). HORCRUXES TIMELINE
Horcruxes are some of the most evil magic items created. They were originally invented by Herpo the Foul in ancient times. Tom Marvolo Riddle split his soul seven ways and created and hid a number of them in an effort to make himself immortal. This timeline traces the people and events connected to the creation of all of those Horcruxes and the circumstances which led to their discovery and SIRIUS BLACK TIMELINE TIMELINE James Potter publicly humiliates Severus Snape. During a break from testing in their fifth year, the group of Gryffindor friends known as the Marauders – James Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and Sirius Black – are sitting outside on the Hogwarts grounds near the lake with their classmates. James releases and catches a stolen Snitch O.W.L. RESULTS ARRIVE AT THE BURROW Timeline Notes. Ron says "it's been a month" since O.W.L.s finished, and the exams probably finished on 18 June ().We also know from HBP06 that Harry spends "a few weeks" at the Burrow prior to his birthday on 31 July - so it's likely that it's been a little less than a month, rather than a little more. That, plus our date reference from HBP18, means that this is most likely Saturday, 13 July. HARRY POTTER LEXICON Wizarding World Currency Exchange. Hagrid explained wizarding world money to Harry this way: “The gold ones are Galleons. Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough.”. That may have seemed easy to Hagrid, but it certainly isn’t easy for us Muggles. Thankfully, the Wizard Money Converter is HARRY POTTER LEXICON We are celebrating 20 Years of the Lexicon with a Twentieth Anniversary Canon Celebration! THE PROPHECY
Harry learns that Snape was the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy Snape overhears part of the Prophecy and rushes to tell Voldemort The Battle of the Department of Mysteries Dumbledore interviews Sybill Trelawney for the post of Divination teacher at Hogwarts Umbridge tries to toss Trelawney out of Hogwarts Snape meets Dumbledore on the Windy Hilltop Voldemort is reborn in the Little HOGWARTS YEAR CALENDAR This calendar lists important events in the Hogwarts school year as well as a few important events which happened during Harry Potter’s years at the school. Birthdays are not listed here but on their own page. January first week – Hogwarts Express comes back to school from London and winter term starts at Hogwarts February 14 DAY-BY-DAY CALENDAR OF ORDER OF THE Ron’s schedule, as far as we know, is the same as Harry’s.. Hermione’s differs in that she has Ancient Runes on Monday and Arithmancy first thing on Wednesday, and of course no longer takes Divination ().. Fred and George have Herbology first thing Monday morning and Charms right before lunch on Monday (). Other information: Lucius Malfoy is 41 as of September 1995(), so he was born in ANCIENT MAGIC
Ancient Magic is magic which happens independently of efforts by wizards, an effect which is triggered by events and powers endemic to the nature of reality. It is extremely old and mysterious, and a wand is not necessary for it to work. It is part of the “magical-ness” of
GRADES AT HOGWARTS
Occasionally grades are given in numerical values or percents: Hermione received a 320 percent score in Muggle Studies, before dropping the class ().Hermione made 120 percent on a Charms test once ().When Harry's Confusing Concoction wouldn't thicken, he saw Snape write "something that looked suspiciously like a zero onto his notes before moving away" (). MALEDICTUS – HARRY POTTER LEXICON A Maledictus is a witch or wizard who suffers from a blood curse. One form of this affliction, referred to as a “malediction,” had been inherited by Draco Malfoy’s wife Astoria Greengrass. Astoria died from the blood curse in August of 2019 (CC). Another form causes its victim to slowly transform permanently into a beast DH/E: EPILOGUE: NINETEEN YEARS LATER Harry and Ginny bring their three children to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and the Hogwarts Express. They meet up with Ron and Hermione and their two children. Harry and Ginny’s second son, Albus Severus Potter, along with Hermione and Ron’s oldest child, Rose Weasley, and Draco Malfoy’s son Scorpius all are beginning their first year at
OP28: SNAPE'S WORST MEMORY The string of jinxes and hexes reeled off at Severus Snape by the young James Potter and Sirius Black. The (justified) anger of Severus Snape finding Harry looking at these childhood memories in the Pensieve. Pushing Harry away onto the hard dungeon floor is wrong, but (possibly) understandable. HARRY POTTER LEXICONTHE HARRY POTTER LEXICONCHARACTERSPLACESMAGICEVENTSTHINGS more. We are celebrating 20 Years of the Lexicon with a Twentieth Anniversary Canon Celebration! Welcome to the Harry Potter Lexicon The most compleat and amazing reference to the wonderful world of Harry Potter est. 2000 A.D. Photography by Minh Le. HARRY POTTER LEXICON Wizarding World Currency Exchange. Hagrid explained wizarding world money to Harry this way: “The gold ones are Galleons. Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough.”. That may have seemed easy to Hagrid, but it certainly isn’t easy for us Muggles. Thankfully, the Wizard Money Converter is HOGWARTS CLASSES
Hogwarts Classes. Students at Hogwarts all take the same basic classes their first and second year. Before summer term in their second year, they choose several elective courses which they will study through fifth year. The results of the O.W.L. exams and the careers advice given toward the end of fifth year determine which classes a student HOGWARTS YEAR CALENDAR This calendar lists important events in the Hogwarts school year as well as a few important events which happened during Harry Potter’s years at the school. Birthdays are not listed here but on their own page. January first week – Hogwarts Express comes back to school from London and winter term starts at Hogwarts February 14 DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS To wizards, I say merely: Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus. The motto of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which translates to “Never tickle a sleeping dragon” (ITV). Dumbledore quoted the motto at the end of his Forward to the 2001 edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (FB). GRADES AT HOGWARTS
Occasionally grades are given in numerical values or percents: Hermione received a 320 percent score in Muggle Studies, before dropping the class ().Hermione made 120 percent on a Charms test once ().When Harry's Confusing Concoction wouldn't thicken, he saw Snape write "something that looked suspiciously like a zero onto his notes before moving away" (). CALENDAR OF BIRTHDAYS February 13 = Luna Lovegood ( JKR:Tw) February 24 = Newt Scamander ( WFT) ( 1897) March 1 = Ron Weasley ( 1980) March 9 = Sybill Trelawney ( WW) March 10 = Remus Lupin ( 1960) March 27 = James Potter ( 1960) April 1 = Fred and George Weasley ( 1978) HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last book in the series. The book was published in the US and the UK on 21 July 2007. Resources: Day by day calendar of events in the book Differences between the British and American versions Changes in the BFT: THE BLACK FAMILY TREE “The Noble and Most Ancient House of BLACK,” a hand-drawn tree that Rowling donated to Book Aid International in January of 2006 and auctioned February 22, 2006. The Lexicon’s image was made in 2006, based off of two partial pictures, and a description by Aberforth the Marauder, (which was based on observation of the original during PERUVIAN VIPERTOOTH
A small, very dangerous dragon species native to Peru. habitat: mountains (?), probably eastern or northeastern Peru (see notes below) appearance: smooth, copper-colored, short horns fangs: venomous size: small (15 feet) food: goats, cows, but especially humans The history of the interaction between wizards and this dangerous breed is interesting. The Peruvian vipertooth dragon may be HARRY POTTER LEXICONTHE HARRY POTTER LEXICONCHARACTERSPLACESMAGICEVENTSTHINGS more. We are celebrating 20 Years of the Lexicon with a Twentieth Anniversary Canon Celebration! Welcome to the Harry Potter Lexicon The most compleat and amazing reference to the wonderful world of Harry Potter est. 2000 A.D. Photography by Minh Le. HARRY POTTER LEXICON Wizarding World Currency Exchange. Hagrid explained wizarding world money to Harry this way: “The gold ones are Galleons. Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough.”. That may have seemed easy to Hagrid, but it certainly isn’t easy for us Muggles. Thankfully, the Wizard Money Converter is HOGWARTS CLASSES
Hogwarts Classes. Students at Hogwarts all take the same basic classes their first and second year. Before summer term in their second year, they choose several elective courses which they will study through fifth year. The results of the O.W.L. exams and the careers advice given toward the end of fifth year determine which classes a student HOGWARTS YEAR CALENDAR This calendar lists important events in the Hogwarts school year as well as a few important events which happened during Harry Potter’s years at the school. Birthdays are not listed here but on their own page. January first week – Hogwarts Express comes back to school from London and winter term starts at Hogwarts February 14 DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS To wizards, I say merely: Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus. The motto of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which translates to “Never tickle a sleeping dragon” (ITV). Dumbledore quoted the motto at the end of his Forward to the 2001 edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (FB). GRADES AT HOGWARTS
Occasionally grades are given in numerical values or percents: Hermione received a 320 percent score in Muggle Studies, before dropping the class ().Hermione made 120 percent on a Charms test once ().When Harry's Confusing Concoction wouldn't thicken, he saw Snape write "something that looked suspiciously like a zero onto his notes before moving away" (). CALENDAR OF BIRTHDAYS February 13 = Luna Lovegood ( JKR:Tw) February 24 = Newt Scamander ( WFT) ( 1897) March 1 = Ron Weasley ( 1980) March 9 = Sybill Trelawney ( WW) March 10 = Remus Lupin ( 1960) March 27 = James Potter ( 1960) April 1 = Fred and George Weasley ( 1978) HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last book in the series. The book was published in the US and the UK on 21 July 2007. Resources: Day by day calendar of events in the book Differences between the British and American versions Changes in the BFT: THE BLACK FAMILY TREE “The Noble and Most Ancient House of BLACK,” a hand-drawn tree that Rowling donated to Book Aid International in January of 2006 and auctioned February 22, 2006. The Lexicon’s image was made in 2006, based off of two partial pictures, and a description by Aberforth the Marauder, (which was based on observation of the original during PERUVIAN VIPERTOOTH
A small, very dangerous dragon species native to Peru. habitat: mountains (?), probably eastern or northeastern Peru (see notes below) appearance: smooth, copper-colored, short horns fangs: venomous size: small (15 feet) food: goats, cows, but especially humans The history of the interaction between wizards and this dangerous breed is interesting. The Peruvian vipertooth dragon may be HARRY POTTER LEXICON Wizarding World Currency Exchange. Hagrid explained wizarding world money to Harry this way: “The gold ones are Galleons. Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough.”. That may have seemed easy to Hagrid, but it certainly isn’t easy for us Muggles. Thankfully, the Wizard Money Converter is SCHOOL SCHEDULES
The School Year at Hogwarts. The year begins on September 1. Hogwarts Express leaves King’s Cross Station at 11 a.m., bringing students to Hogsmeade Station where the 2nd through 7th years ride horseless carriages up to the castle and 1st years cross the lake in boats with Hagrid. the start-of-year feast. the Sorting. a few words from Dumbledore.
DAY-BY-DAY CALENDAR OF ORDER OF THE Ron’s schedule, as far as we know, is the same as Harry’s.. Hermione’s differs in that she has Ancient Runes on Monday and Arithmancy first thing on Wednesday, and of course no longer takes Divination ().. Fred and George have Herbology first thing Monday morning and Charms right before lunch on Monday (). Other information: Lucius Malfoy is 41 as of September 1995(), so he was born in HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last book in the series. The book was published in the US and the UK on 21 July 2007. Resources: Day by day calendar of events in the book Differences between the British and American versions Changes in the GRADES AT HOGWARTS
Occasionally grades are given in numerical values or percents: Hermione received a 320 percent score in Muggle Studies, before dropping the class ().Hermione made 120 percent on a Charms test once ().When Harry's Confusing Concoction wouldn't thicken, he saw Snape write "something that looked suspiciously like a zero onto his notes before moving away" (). IMAGINARY CREATURES
Imaginary creatures. Imaginary creatures are animals that do not exist in the wizarding or Muggle worlds. Luna Lovegood references Blibbering Humdingers and Crumple-Horned Snorkacks as beings that people, surprisingly to her, believed were not real ( OP13) The Crumple-Horned Snorkack is mentioned in relation to the Lovegoods believing in odd R.A.B. – HARRY POTTER LEXICON R.A.B.! The locket—". The initials of Regulus Arcturus Black, brother of Sirius Black, used as a signature on a note to the Dark Lord. Harry and Dumbledore apparated to the sea cave where Voldemort had once hidden Slytherin's Horcrux Locket in a basin of poisonous potion ( HBP26 ). After Dumbledore drank the potion, they flew back to Hogwarts
PERUVIAN VIPERTOOTH
A small, very dangerous dragon species native to Peru. habitat: mountains (?), probably eastern or northeastern Peru (see notes below) appearance: smooth, copper-colored, short horns fangs: venomous size: small (15 feet) food: goats, cows, but especially humans The history of the interaction between wizards and this dangerous breed is interesting. The Peruvian vipertooth dragon may be MOONY, WORMTAIL, PADFOOT, AND PRONGS Nicknames of the Marauders used amongst themselves and in the creation of the Marauders Map. Moony = Remus Lupin, refers to being a werewolf. Wormtail = Peter Pettigrew, refers to being a rat Animagus. Padfoot = Sirius Black, refers to being a black dog – also another name for The Grim. Prongs = James Potter, refers to the antlers of his stag Animagus
HOUSE POINTS 1991-1992 The first points Neville has ever garnered, according to our narrator. He ought to get a Purple Heart, too, for suffering the Full Body-Bind. ref: PS17. Final point totals at the end of the 1991 – 1992 school year: Gryffindor: 312 plus 170 at the last minute for a total of 482. Slytherin: 472. Ravenclaw: 426. HARRY POTTER LEXICONTHE HARRY POTTER LEXICONCHARACTERSPLACESMAGICEVENTSTHINGS Welcome to the Harry Potter Lexicon The most compleat and amazing reference to the wonderful world of Harry Potter est. 2000 A.D. The Runespoor is a magical three-headed snake commonly reaching a length of six to seven feet and colored livid orange with black banding. HARRY POTTER LEXICON Wizarding World Currency Exchange. Hagrid explained wizarding world money to Harry this way: “The gold ones are Galleons. Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough.”. That may have seemed easy to Hagrid, but it certainly isn’t easy for us Muggles. Thankfully, the Wizard Money Converter is THE PROPHECY
Harry learns that Snape was the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy Snape overhears part of the Prophecy and rushes to tell Voldemort The Battle of the Department of Mysteries Dumbledore interviews Sybill Trelawney for the post of Divination teacher at Hogwarts Umbridge tries to toss Trelawney out of Hogwarts Snape meets Dumbledore on the Windy Hilltop Voldemort is reborn in the Little HOGWARTS CLASSES
Hogwarts Classes. Students at Hogwarts all take the same basic classes their first and second year. Before summer term in their second year, they choose several elective courses which they will study through fifth year. The results of the O.W.L. exams and the careers advice given toward the end of fifth year determine which classes a student HOGWARTS YEAR CALENDAR This calendar lists important events in the Hogwarts school year as well as a few important events which happened during Harry Potter’s years at the school. Birthdays are not listed here but on their own page. January first week – Hogwarts Express comes back to school from London and winter term starts at Hogwarts February 14 IMAGINARY CREATURES
Imaginary creatures. Imaginary creatures are animals that do not exist in the wizarding or Muggle worlds. Luna Lovegood references Blibbering Humdingers and Crumple-Horned Snorkacks as beings that people, surprisingly to her, believed were not real ( OP13) The Crumple-Horned Snorkack is mentioned in relation to the Lovegoods believing in odd GRADES AT HOGWARTS
Occasionally grades are given in numerical values or percents: Hermione received a 320 percent score in Muggle Studies, before dropping the class ().Hermione made 120 percent on a Charms test once ().When Harry's Confusing Concoction wouldn't thicken, he saw Snape write "something that looked suspiciously like a zero onto his notes before moving away" (). HORCRUXES TIMELINE
Horcruxes are some of the most evil magic items created. They were originally invented by Herpo the Foul in ancient times. Tom Marvolo Riddle split his soul seven ways and created and hid a number of them in an effort to make himself immortal. This timeline traces the people and events connected to the creation of all of those Horcruxes and the circumstances which led to their discovery and MALEDICTUS – HARRY POTTER LEXICON A Maledictus is a witch or wizard who suffers from a blood curse. One form of this affliction, referred to as a “malediction,” had been inherited by Draco Malfoy’s wife Astoria Greengrass. Astoria died from the blood curse in August of 2019 (CC). Another form causes its victim to slowly transform permanently into a beast PERUVIAN VIPERTOOTH
A small, very dangerous dragon species native to Peru. habitat: mountains (?), probably eastern or northeastern Peru (see notes below) appearance: smooth, copper-colored, short horns fangs: venomous size: small (15 feet) food: goats, cows, but especially humans The history of the interaction between wizards and this dangerous breed is interesting. The Peruvian vipertooth dragon may be HARRY POTTER LEXICONTHE HARRY POTTER LEXICONCHARACTERSPLACESMAGICEVENTSTHINGS Welcome to the Harry Potter Lexicon The most compleat and amazing reference to the wonderful world of Harry Potter est. 2000 A.D. The Runespoor is a magical three-headed snake commonly reaching a length of six to seven feet and colored livid orange with black banding. HARRY POTTER LEXICON Wizarding World Currency Exchange. Hagrid explained wizarding world money to Harry this way: “The gold ones are Galleons. Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough.”. That may have seemed easy to Hagrid, but it certainly isn’t easy for us Muggles. Thankfully, the Wizard Money Converter is THE PROPHECY
Harry learns that Snape was the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy Snape overhears part of the Prophecy and rushes to tell Voldemort The Battle of the Department of Mysteries Dumbledore interviews Sybill Trelawney for the post of Divination teacher at Hogwarts Umbridge tries to toss Trelawney out of Hogwarts Snape meets Dumbledore on the Windy Hilltop Voldemort is reborn in the Little HOGWARTS CLASSES
Hogwarts Classes. Students at Hogwarts all take the same basic classes their first and second year. Before summer term in their second year, they choose several elective courses which they will study through fifth year. The results of the O.W.L. exams and the careers advice given toward the end of fifth year determine which classes a student HOGWARTS YEAR CALENDAR This calendar lists important events in the Hogwarts school year as well as a few important events which happened during Harry Potter’s years at the school. Birthdays are not listed here but on their own page. January first week – Hogwarts Express comes back to school from London and winter term starts at Hogwarts February 14 IMAGINARY CREATURES
Imaginary creatures. Imaginary creatures are animals that do not exist in the wizarding or Muggle worlds. Luna Lovegood references Blibbering Humdingers and Crumple-Horned Snorkacks as beings that people, surprisingly to her, believed were not real ( OP13) The Crumple-Horned Snorkack is mentioned in relation to the Lovegoods believing in odd GRADES AT HOGWARTS
Occasionally grades are given in numerical values or percents: Hermione received a 320 percent score in Muggle Studies, before dropping the class ().Hermione made 120 percent on a Charms test once ().When Harry's Confusing Concoction wouldn't thicken, he saw Snape write "something that looked suspiciously like a zero onto his notes before moving away" (). HORCRUXES TIMELINE
Horcruxes are some of the most evil magic items created. They were originally invented by Herpo the Foul in ancient times. Tom Marvolo Riddle split his soul seven ways and created and hid a number of them in an effort to make himself immortal. This timeline traces the people and events connected to the creation of all of those Horcruxes and the circumstances which led to their discovery and MALEDICTUS – HARRY POTTER LEXICON A Maledictus is a witch or wizard who suffers from a blood curse. One form of this affliction, referred to as a “malediction,” had been inherited by Draco Malfoy’s wife Astoria Greengrass. Astoria died from the blood curse in August of 2019 (CC). Another form causes its victim to slowly transform permanently into a beast PERUVIAN VIPERTOOTH
A small, very dangerous dragon species native to Peru. habitat: mountains (?), probably eastern or northeastern Peru (see notes below) appearance: smooth, copper-colored, short horns fangs: venomous size: small (15 feet) food: goats, cows, but especially humans The history of the interaction between wizards and this dangerous breed is interesting. The Peruvian vipertooth dragon may be THE CLASS LIST
The Class List, also known as “The Original Forty,” is a list of forty students in Harry’s year from Rowling’s notes from the early 1990s as she was creating her world. During the BBC television interview “Harry Potter and Me,” Rowling showed a page from her notebooks which details every student in Harry’s year. This HOGWARTS CLASSES
Hogwarts Classes. Students at Hogwarts all take the same basic classes their first and second year. Before summer term in their second year, they choose several elective courses which they will study through fifth year. The results of the O.W.L. exams and the careers advice given toward the end of fifth year determine which classes a student THE PROPHECY
Harry learns that Snape was the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy Snape overhears part of the Prophecy and rushes to tell Voldemort The Battle of the Department of Mysteries Dumbledore interviews Sybill Trelawney for the post of Divination teacher at Hogwarts Umbridge tries to toss Trelawney out of Hogwarts Snape meets Dumbledore on the Windy Hilltop Voldemort is reborn in the Little HARRY POTTER LEXICON We are celebrating 20 Years of the Lexicon with a Twentieth Anniversary Canon Celebration! HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last book in the series. The book was published in the US and the UK on 21 July 2007. Resources: Day by day calendar of events in the book Differences between the British and American versions Changes in the CALENDAR OF BIRTHDAYS February 13 = Luna Lovegood ( JKR:Tw) February 24 = Newt Scamander ( WFT) ( 1897) March 1 = Ron Weasley ( 1980) March 9 = Sybill Trelawney ( WW) March 10 = Remus Lupin ( 1960) March 27 = James Potter ( 1960) April 1 = Fred and George Weasley ( 1978) HOGSMEADE – HARRY POTTER LEXICON Hogsmeade is the only entirely wizarding village in Britain (PA5). According to tradition it was founded over a thousand years ago, around the same time as Hogwarts, by Hengist of Woodcroft as he was fleeing persecution by Muggles (FW, Pm). It’s a picturesque little village of thatched cottages and shops, with enchanted candles hanging in
HOUSE POINTS 1991-1992 The first points Neville has ever garnered, according to our narrator. He ought to get a Purple Heart, too, for suffering the Full Body-Bind. ref: PS17. Final point totals at the end of the 1991 – 1992 school year: Gryffindor: 312 plus 170 at the last minute for a total of 482. Slytherin: 472. Ravenclaw: 426. MOONY, WORMTAIL, PADFOOT, AND PRONGS Nicknames of the Marauders used amongst themselves and in the creation of the Marauders Map. Moony = Remus Lupin, refers to being a werewolf. Wormtail = Peter Pettigrew, refers to being a rat Animagus. Padfoot = Sirius Black, refers to being a black dog – also another name for The Grim. Prongs = James Potter, refers to the antlers of his stag Animagus
PERUVIAN VIPERTOOTH
A small, very dangerous dragon species native to Peru. habitat: mountains (?), probably eastern or northeastern Peru (see notes below) appearance: smooth, copper-colored, short horns fangs: venomous size: small (15 feet) food: goats, cows, but especially humans The history of the interaction between wizards and this dangerous breed is interesting. The Peruvian vipertooth dragon may be HARRY POTTER LEXICONTHE HARRY POTTER LEXICONCHARACTERSPLACESMAGICEVENTSTHINGS Welcome to the Harry Potter Lexicon The most compleat and amazing reference to the wonderful world of Harry Potter est. 2000 A.D. The Runespoor is a magical three-headed snake commonly reaching a length of six to seven feet and colored livid orange with black banding. HARRY POTTER LEXICON Wizarding World Currency Exchange. Hagrid explained wizarding world money to Harry this way: “The gold ones are Galleons. Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough.”. That may have seemed easy to Hagrid, but it certainly isn’t easy for us Muggles. Thankfully, the Wizard Money Converter is THE PROPHECY
Harry learns that Snape was the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy Snape overhears part of the Prophecy and rushes to tell Voldemort The Battle of the Department of Mysteries Dumbledore interviews Sybill Trelawney for the post of Divination teacher at Hogwarts Umbridge tries to toss Trelawney out of Hogwarts Snape meets Dumbledore on the Windy Hilltop Voldemort is reborn in the Little HOGWARTS CLASSES
Hogwarts Classes. Students at Hogwarts all take the same basic classes their first and second year. Before summer term in their second year, they choose several elective courses which they will study through fifth year. The results of the O.W.L. exams and the careers advice given toward the end of fifth year determine which classes a student HOGWARTS YEAR CALENDAR This calendar lists important events in the Hogwarts school year as well as a few important events which happened during Harry Potter’s years at the school. Birthdays are not listed here but on their own page. January first week – Hogwarts Express comes back to school from London and winter term starts at Hogwarts February 14 IMAGINARY CREATURES
Imaginary creatures. Imaginary creatures are animals that do not exist in the wizarding or Muggle worlds. Luna Lovegood references Blibbering Humdingers and Crumple-Horned Snorkacks as beings that people, surprisingly to her, believed were not real ( OP13) The Crumple-Horned Snorkack is mentioned in relation to the Lovegoods believing in odd GRADES AT HOGWARTS
Occasionally grades are given in numerical values or percents: Hermione received a 320 percent score in Muggle Studies, before dropping the class ().Hermione made 120 percent on a Charms test once ().When Harry's Confusing Concoction wouldn't thicken, he saw Snape write "something that looked suspiciously like a zero onto his notes before moving away" (). HORCRUXES TIMELINE
Horcruxes are some of the most evil magic items created. They were originally invented by Herpo the Foul in ancient times. Tom Marvolo Riddle split his soul seven ways and created and hid a number of them in an effort to make himself immortal. This timeline traces the people and events connected to the creation of all of those Horcruxes and the circumstances which led to their discovery and MALEDICTUS – HARRY POTTER LEXICON A Maledictus is a witch or wizard who suffers from a blood curse. One form of this affliction, referred to as a “malediction,” had been inherited by Draco Malfoy’s wife Astoria Greengrass. Astoria died from the blood curse in August of 2019 (CC). Another form causes its victim to slowly transform permanently into a beast PERUVIAN VIPERTOOTH
A small, very dangerous dragon species native to Peru. habitat: mountains (?), probably eastern or northeastern Peru (see notes below) appearance: smooth, copper-colored, short horns fangs: venomous size: small (15 feet) food: goats, cows, but especially humans The history of the interaction between wizards and this dangerous breed is interesting. The Peruvian vipertooth dragon may be HARRY POTTER LEXICONTHE HARRY POTTER LEXICONCHARACTERSPLACESMAGICEVENTSTHINGS Welcome to the Harry Potter Lexicon The most compleat and amazing reference to the wonderful world of Harry Potter est. 2000 A.D. The Runespoor is a magical three-headed snake commonly reaching a length of six to seven feet and colored livid orange with black banding. HARRY POTTER LEXICON Wizarding World Currency Exchange. Hagrid explained wizarding world money to Harry this way: “The gold ones are Galleons. Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough.”. That may have seemed easy to Hagrid, but it certainly isn’t easy for us Muggles. Thankfully, the Wizard Money Converter is THE PROPHECY
Harry learns that Snape was the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy Snape overhears part of the Prophecy and rushes to tell Voldemort The Battle of the Department of Mysteries Dumbledore interviews Sybill Trelawney for the post of Divination teacher at Hogwarts Umbridge tries to toss Trelawney out of Hogwarts Snape meets Dumbledore on the Windy Hilltop Voldemort is reborn in the Little HOGWARTS CLASSES
Hogwarts Classes. Students at Hogwarts all take the same basic classes their first and second year. Before summer term in their second year, they choose several elective courses which they will study through fifth year. The results of the O.W.L. exams and the careers advice given toward the end of fifth year determine which classes a student HOGWARTS YEAR CALENDAR This calendar lists important events in the Hogwarts school year as well as a few important events which happened during Harry Potter’s years at the school. Birthdays are not listed here but on their own page. January first week – Hogwarts Express comes back to school from London and winter term starts at Hogwarts February 14 IMAGINARY CREATURES
Imaginary creatures. Imaginary creatures are animals that do not exist in the wizarding or Muggle worlds. Luna Lovegood references Blibbering Humdingers and Crumple-Horned Snorkacks as beings that people, surprisingly to her, believed were not real ( OP13) The Crumple-Horned Snorkack is mentioned in relation to the Lovegoods believing in odd GRADES AT HOGWARTS
Occasionally grades are given in numerical values or percents: Hermione received a 320 percent score in Muggle Studies, before dropping the class ().Hermione made 120 percent on a Charms test once ().When Harry's Confusing Concoction wouldn't thicken, he saw Snape write "something that looked suspiciously like a zero onto his notes before moving away" (). HORCRUXES TIMELINE
Horcruxes are some of the most evil magic items created. They were originally invented by Herpo the Foul in ancient times. Tom Marvolo Riddle split his soul seven ways and created and hid a number of them in an effort to make himself immortal. This timeline traces the people and events connected to the creation of all of those Horcruxes and the circumstances which led to their discovery and MALEDICTUS – HARRY POTTER LEXICON A Maledictus is a witch or wizard who suffers from a blood curse. One form of this affliction, referred to as a “malediction,” had been inherited by Draco Malfoy’s wife Astoria Greengrass. Astoria died from the blood curse in August of 2019 (CC). Another form causes its victim to slowly transform permanently into a beast PERUVIAN VIPERTOOTH
A small, very dangerous dragon species native to Peru. habitat: mountains (?), probably eastern or northeastern Peru (see notes below) appearance: smooth, copper-colored, short horns fangs: venomous size: small (15 feet) food: goats, cows, but especially humans The history of the interaction between wizards and this dangerous breed is interesting. The Peruvian vipertooth dragon may be THE CLASS LIST
The Class List, also known as “The Original Forty,” is a list of forty students in Harry’s year from Rowling’s notes from the early 1990s as she was creating her world. During the BBC television interview “Harry Potter and Me,” Rowling showed a page from her notebooks which details every student in Harry’s year. This HOGWARTS CLASSES
Hogwarts Classes. Students at Hogwarts all take the same basic classes their first and second year. Before summer term in their second year, they choose several elective courses which they will study through fifth year. The results of the O.W.L. exams and the careers advice given toward the end of fifth year determine which classes a student THE PROPHECY
Harry learns that Snape was the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy Snape overhears part of the Prophecy and rushes to tell Voldemort The Battle of the Department of Mysteries Dumbledore interviews Sybill Trelawney for the post of Divination teacher at Hogwarts Umbridge tries to toss Trelawney out of Hogwarts Snape meets Dumbledore on the Windy Hilltop Voldemort is reborn in the Little HARRY POTTER LEXICON We are celebrating 20 Years of the Lexicon with a Twentieth Anniversary Canon Celebration! HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last book in the series. The book was published in the US and the UK on 21 July 2007. Resources: Day by day calendar of events in the book Differences between the British and American versions Changes in the CALENDAR OF BIRTHDAYS February 13 = Luna Lovegood ( JKR:Tw) February 24 = Newt Scamander ( WFT) ( 1897) March 1 = Ron Weasley ( 1980) March 9 = Sybill Trelawney ( WW) March 10 = Remus Lupin ( 1960) March 27 = James Potter ( 1960) April 1 = Fred and George Weasley ( 1978) HOGSMEADE – HARRY POTTER LEXICON Hogsmeade is the only entirely wizarding village in Britain (PA5). According to tradition it was founded over a thousand years ago, around the same time as Hogwarts, by Hengist of Woodcroft as he was fleeing persecution by Muggles (FW, Pm). It’s a picturesque little village of thatched cottages and shops, with enchanted candles hanging in
HOUSE POINTS 1991-1992 The first points Neville has ever garnered, according to our narrator. He ought to get a Purple Heart, too, for suffering the Full Body-Bind. ref: PS17. Final point totals at the end of the 1991 – 1992 school year: Gryffindor: 312 plus 170 at the last minute for a total of 482. Slytherin: 472. Ravenclaw: 426. MOONY, WORMTAIL, PADFOOT, AND PRONGS Nicknames of the Marauders used amongst themselves and in the creation of the Marauders Map. Moony = Remus Lupin, refers to being a werewolf. Wormtail = Peter Pettigrew, refers to being a rat Animagus. Padfoot = Sirius Black, refers to being a black dog – also another name for The Grim. Prongs = James Potter, refers to the antlers of his stag Animagus
PERUVIAN VIPERTOOTH
A small, very dangerous dragon species native to Peru. habitat: mountains (?), probably eastern or northeastern Peru (see notes below) appearance: smooth, copper-colored, short horns fangs: venomous size: small (15 feet) food: goats, cows, but especially humans The history of the interaction between wizards and this dangerous breed is interesting. The Peruvian vipertooth dragon may be __ __
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PATRONUS
A Patronus is a silvery-white image of a creature created by using the Patronus Charm. Lupin describes a Patronus as “a kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the dementor feeds upon — hope, happiness, the desire to survive — but it cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the dementors can’t hurt… Read More
CURSE ON THE DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS POSITION The curse on the Defense Against the Darks Arts teaching post at Hogwarts was cast by Voldemort after Dumbledore rejected his offer to teach the subject. Voldemort, in what must have been a fit of pique, basically decided that if he couldn’t have the job, no one else would be able to hold it for more than a year. Since… Read More The Yull Ball
OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE MAGIC Offensive magic is used to attack another witch or wizard, while defensive magic is used to repel or block a magical attack. A wide variety of spells can be used as an attack, depending on the creativity of the caster. For example, an Aguamenti spell could be used to send a jet of water at an attacker, knocking them off… Read More
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Sometimes it’s just fun to explore. You can do that by following links all over the Lexicon — there are fact boxes with related entries, icons, tags, and all sorts of other connections on every page. You will quickly find yourself delightfully lost in all the richness of Rowling’s creation. But if you want to be a little bit more… Read More
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CURSE ON THE RING
The curse on the ring refers to a deadly curse placed by Voldemort on Marvolo Gaunt‘s ring to protect the Horcrux within. The curse was lethal and would have killed Dumbledore almost immediately after he put the ring on if Snape hadn’t performed a counter-curse to slow it’s spread. Tom Riddle used the ring of his grandfather,… Read More
SNARGALUFF TREE
The Snargaluff tree is a rather vicious plant which looks like a gnarled stump until it is disturbed, at which its spiky branches attack. Inside the snargaluff are a number of small pods which, when stabbed, emit wriggling tubers. The correct way to juice the tubers is found in the book Flesh-Eating Trees of the World (HBP14). Read More Rowling’s plan for OP Previous Next
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The three D’s of Apparition are Destination, Determination, and Deliberation. Thanks, Wilkie Twycross!… Read More Quote of the Day
“The disapproval of cowards is praise to the brave. Your name will be written in glory when wizards rule the world.” (CG57)… Read More
THE HARRY POTTER MINUTE Encore Presentation: OP1 - Drought Posted January 2, 2020 by Steve VanderArk This is an encore
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Encore Episode: Did Dumbledore Walk Around With It in His Pocket?
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Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK ed.) Compiled by Lori Damerell ‘My dear Friar, haven’t we given Peeves all the chances he deserves? He gives us all a bad name and you know, he’s not really even a ghost…’ (PS7) ‘Peeves,’ Percy whispered to… Read More
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Since the original essay ‘Harry’s Dreams’ was written by Steve VanderArk in 2006, there have been quite a few new pieces of canon writing from J K Rowling. Two of these in particular contain further dreams of Harry Potter’s to examine. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows… Read More Deleted Scenes - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them • Essay
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