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Accio - Age Line - Alohomora - Animagus - Anti-Cheating Spells
anti-gravity mist - Aparecium - Apparition - armor-bewitching charm
arrows, wand - Avada Kedavra - Avis
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Accio
(AK-see-oh or A-see-oh)
"Summoning Charm"
"accio" L. send for, summon
Causes an object to fly to the caster, even over quite some distance. It would seem that the caster must know at least the general location of the object Summoned.
- Mrs. Weasley used a series of Summoning Charms to find the magical items Fred and George were trying to sneak with out of the house (GF6).
- Harry learned the Summoning Charm to use the the First Task, when he Summoned his Firebolt to him so he could fly around and past the dragon (GF20).
- Harry used this charm to call the Triwizard Cup to him while escaping Voldemort and the Death Eaters (GF34).
- Moody used the Summoning Charm to grab the Marauder's Map off the stairs (GF )
no incantation given
A thin golden line drawn on a floor, which affects anyone who crosses it if they are too young (Presumably, the Age Line could also be set up to prevent someone to cross who was older than a given age.)
- Dumbledore drew an Age Line around the Goblet of Fire to keep away anyone who was not yet seventeen years old.
- When the Weasely twins, who had taken an Aging Potion to try to fool it, crossed over the Age Line, they were thrown back and sprouted long white beards. (GF12)
"aloha" Haw. farewell + "mora" L. obstacle
Charm which causes a locked door to open.
- Hermione uses this spell to let herself and Ron and Harry into the forbidden third floor corridor (SS9, also PA21),
- but it wouldn't work on the door which required the winged key in the chamber guarding the Sorcerer's Stone (SS16)
- This spell is supposedly found in the Standard Book of Spells, chapter seven (SS/f) [NOTE: This is quite probably another film error. It is unlikely that this spell is in any common spell book or everyone would know it. In the books, Hermione seems to be the only one who has ever heard of it, making it more likely that she found it in some obscure book that she had picked up for a bit of light reading after finishing Hogwarts, A History.]
Animagus (an-i-MAH-jus OR an-i-MAY-jus)
"animal" L. animal + "magus" Pers. magic user
A Wizard or Witch
who can transform themselves into an animal; very rare.
Plural: Animagi
(an-i-MAH-jye
OR
an-i-MAH-gee)
- McGonagall transforms into a cat (SS1, PA6).
- Sirius Black, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew become Animagi while students at Hogwarts (PA).
- Animagi are supposed to be registered with the Ministry of Magic (PA, ) but there are unregistered ones around, for example Rita Skeeter (GF).
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For an excellent discussion
of the legend and mythology of animal transformations, see pages 9-15. - JKR on Animagi:
Q: If you were Animagus, what kind of animal would you be?
A: I'd like to be an otter - that's my favourite animal. It would be depressing if I turned out to be a slug or something. (Sch2)
no names or words given
Cast on quills before exams.
- Used before exams at Hogwarts (SS16)
no incantation given
Charm which creates an innocent-looking mist which hovers above the ground. A person stepping into this mist immediately finds that up and down have reversed and they are hanging from the ground over the endless sky.
- Harry encounters this mist in the maze of the Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament. (GF
"appareo" L. to appear
Makes invisible ink become visible.
- Hermione tried this on Riddle's diary, but no words appear (CS13)
Apparate, Disapparate
"appareo" L. to appear
Advanced spell used by fully trained wizards to disappear from one place and appear almost instantly somewhere else.
- Very difficult spell.
- Wizards must pass a test in order to be allowed to perform it.
- Done incorrectly, apparition can result in the caster being "splinched," which refers to part of the caster's body being left behind.
- Apparition becomes more difficult as distance increases. Only highly trained wizards would try intercontinental Apparating ( ).
no incantation given
Enchants a suit of armor to sing Christmas carols.
- This charm was used as part of the Christmas decorations in 1994. Unfortunately, a suit of armor so enchanted is still not a particularly clever thing, so many of them didn't know all the words to the songs. Peeves took to hiding inside the armor and filling in the gaps with lyrics of his own invention, usually very rude ones (GF22).
- the suits of armor must always have some level of magic about them, since they are refered to as "creaking" along with the muttering portraits when Harry and Ron arrive at Hogwarts for their second year (CS
no incantation given
Shoots arrows out of a wand.
- The supporters of the Appleby Arrows were fond of firing arrows out of their wands to celebrate goals. The practice was outlawed in 1894. (QA)
- SEE ALSO Wand Effects
Avada Kedavra (uh-VAH-duh kuh-DAH-vruh )
"Killing Curse"
Aramaic: "adhadda kedhabhra"
- "let the thing be destroyed".
NOTE: Abracadabra is
a cabbalistic charm in Judaic mythology that is supposed to bring healing
powers. One of its sources is believed to be from Aramaic avada kedavra,
another is the Phoenician alphabet (a-bra-ca-dabra).
Causes instant death in a flash of green light.
- One of the Unforgivable Curses
- This is the spell Voldemort used to kill Harry's parents.
- Harry is the only person to survive the Killing Curse (esp. SS1, GF14, also GF34).
- This spell produces a glare of green light.
- This is probably the curse used by Tom Riddle jr. to kill his father and grandparents. They were found with a look of absolute terror on their faces but no physical cause of death.
- Wormtail, on orders from Voldemort, used Avada Kedavra to kill Cedric Diggory using Voldemort's wand (GF32).
- It was also used to kill Frank Bryce (GF1) and Bertha Jorkins (GF1, 33).
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"That
phrase...was used by ancient wizards to make illnesses disappear. However,
there's no proof it was ever used to kill anyone." (pp.17-19)
"avis" L. bird
Conjures a flock of small, twittering birds.
- Mr. Ollivander, to test Viktor Krum's wand during the Weighing of the Wands, used this spell, sending the birds out the window (GF18)
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