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Hex-Deflection - Homorphus Charm - Horn Tongue - Hover Charm - Hurling Hex


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Hex-Deflection

A form of magic or class of spells that defend the caster against hexes.

  • Moody included Hex-Deflection in his fourth year Defense Against the Dark Arts classes (GF28)

Homorphus Charm

"homo" Gr. the same + "morph": Eng. change shape [force a werewolf NOT to change]
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"homo" L. man + "morph": Eng. change shape [force werewolf into human shape]

A good Charm to use against a werewolf. It's exact effects aren't given.

  • Lockhart supposedly used this Charm to defeat the Wagga Wagga werewolf and demonstrated the feat in Defense Against The Dark Arts class (CS10).

Horn Tongue

no incantation given

Conjures a horn on the target's tongue. What good this would do anyone is unclear....

  • Harry, looking for spells to help him combat a dragon, wisely decided not to use this one as it would just give the dragon one more weapon (GF20)

Hover Charm

no incantation given

Makes an object float in the air.

  • Dobby uses this spell (without wand or incantation) to float Aunt Petunia's violet pudding in the air (CS2)


Hurling Hex

no spell words given

A nasty kind of curse that could be placed on a broom which would cause the rider to be thrown off, presumably.

  • When Flitwick was going to strip down Harry's Firebolt to check for curses, this was one of the things he was looking for (PA )

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original page date 5/12/01
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