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canary
transfiguration hex - candle magic - chains,
magical - Cheering Charm
Confundus
Charm - Conjunctivitis Curse - Conjured
items
contract,
magical - Cross-Species Switching - Cruciatus
Curse - Crucio
Curse
of the Bogies - Cushioning Charm
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no incantation given
A temporary hex to change someone into a giant canary. After a few moments, the transfigured person molts back into themselves.
- Fred and George placed this hex on seemingly innocent custard cream sweets so that whomever ate one was changed temporarily into a huge canary. Neville ate one of these "canary creams," much to the amusement of everyone in the Gryffindor common room. (GF21)
no incantation used
This minor spell ignites candles and can make them float in midair.
- Rita Skeeter uses this magic when she's trying to do an interview in a broom closet (GF
- Lockhart may have used a charm of this kind when he "lit the candles on his desk" so that Dumbledore could examine the Petrified Mrs. Norris (CS9).
no incantation used
This spell causes magical chains to snake out of a chair and bind a person to it.
- The chair in the Court of Magical Law has these magical chains on it. (GF30)
- similar to Magical Ropes
- See also Binding magic
no incantation given
A charm that cheers a person up, makes them happy.
- Cheering Charms were part of the Charms curriculum for the Third Years. They were included in the final exam for that term. (PA15)
"confundo" L. to perplex
Causes confusion. A person who is affected by this Charm is said to be Confunded.
- Crouch Jr. used this charm to fool the Goblet of Fire into accepting Harry's name under a fourth school (GF17)
- Snape suggested that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were Confunded by Sirius Black into believing him innocent (PA
"conjunctiva" L. connecting (as in membrane of the eye) + "-itis" L. inflammation
A spell that affects the eyes and vision of the target.
- Sirius was going to suggest this spell to use against the Horntail dragon (GF9)
no incantation used
A spell which creates objects out of thin air.
- Dumbledore literally draws up a chair for Trelawney to sit in at the Christmas feast in 1994 (PA).
- He also conjures up hundreds of squashy purple sleeping bags when the students need to spend the night in the Great Hall (PA), and he creates a tea tray in Hagrid's hut (GF24).
- Dumbledore arranged the Great Hall for the musical entertainment at the Yule Ball with "move objects" and this spell:
- "Dumbledore stood up and asked the students to do the same. Then, with a wave of his wand, all the tables zoomed back along the walls leaving the floor clear, and then he conjured a raised platform into existence along the right wall." (GF
- Bill and Charlie Weasley conjure up tablecoths for dinner in the garden at the Burrow (GF5).
- McGonagall conjures up a large fan and instructs Ernie Macmillan to waft the Petrified Nearly Headless Nick to the Hospital Wing using it (CS11)
- There is legislation about what you can conjure and what you can't. (SN)
- Most things conjured out of thin air will disappear after a couple of hours. (SN) Some exceptions to this are the sleeping bags, which survived a lot longer than just a couple of hours, and the leg of Neville's desk, which had been accidentally vanished (CS) (although this may have been a Reparo spell instead).
no incantation given
This spell or spells makes a contract magically unbreakable.
- Placing a name in the Goblet of Fire constituted a binding, magical contract. The people whose names were chosen were obliged to participate in the contest (GF16).
- Even Dumbledore couldn't undo this magic, since Harry was forced to compete in the Tournament when his name came out of the Goblet.
various
Classification of Transfiguration magic in which one type of creature is transfigured into another.
- The fourth years had to write an essay about using these after practicing transfiguring guinea fowl into guinea pigs (GF22).
- Apparently it's easier to do the spell when the creatures have similar names (e.g. guinea fowl into guinea pigs), similar apprearance (e.g. hedgehogs into pincushions), or both (e.g. beetles into buttons).
Cruciatus Curse (KROO-see-AH-tus)
"cruciatus" L. torture (n.)
See CRUCIO
Crucio
(KROO-see-oh)
"Cruciatus Curse"
"crucio" L. torment (v.)
One of the "Unforgiveable Curses," this spell causes the victim to suffer almost intolerable pain. Some victims of prolonged use of this curse have been driven insane.
- Used by Voldemort's followers during his years of power, both on Wizards and Muggles.
- The Longbottoms were victims of the Cruciatus Curse and were driven insane by it.
- Voldemort used it on Wormtail, Avery, and Harry (GF14, 17, 21, 29, 31, 33).
"bogy" uncertain origin: "Old Bogey" = The Devil c. 1836; "bogle" Scottish phantom or goblin c. 1505 and "bogge" terror, possibly from "bwg" Welsh ghost and "bwgwl" fear
Yeah, maybe. But more likely:
"bogey" British slang: booger
Effect unknown.
- Ron threatened to learn this curse and then use it on Hermione and Neville if they all got caught roaming the school at night on their way to a duel with Malfoy (SS9)
incantation unknown
The Cushioning Charm creates an invisible "pillow" on the handle of the broom to make flying more comfortable.
- Invented by Elliot Smethwyk in 1820. (QA)
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