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Leek Curse - Levitation - Library book spells - Light Spell
lightening spell - Locomotor Mortis - Lumos - Lumos Solarum

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Leek Curse

no incantation given

Results in leeks growing out of the target's ears.

  • During the tension-filled week leading up to the Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch match in the spring of 1994, a nasty incident in the corridors resulted in a Gryffindor fourth year and a Slytherin sixth year going to the Hospital Wing with leeks sprouting out of their ears.

levitation

various spells

Levitation allows a person or an object to float up to five feet above the ground.

  • The Wingardium Leviosa spell is a levitation spell. (SS
  • Dobby used a Hover Charm to float Aunt Petunia's pudding above the kitchen (CS2).

Library book spells

no incantation given

Madam Pince puts a variety of spells and curses on the books in the Hogwarts library to make sure that kids don't damage them.

  • Dumbledore absent-mindedly doodled in a library book and was surprised to find it beating him on the head. (QA)
  • The screaming book in the Restricted Section may be reacting according to one of the spells on it (SS
  • Madam Pince has been known to add some unusual hexes and jinxes at times, besides the usual collection of library book spells (QA)
  • SEE Thief's Curse

Light Spell

no incantation used

Appearing with a soft, crackling sound, this spell creates a handful of shimmering light.

  • Lupin used this spell while on the Hogwarts Express. It lit the compartment and the form of the Dementor which was searching the train. (PA5)
see also LUMOS, BLUEBELL FLAMES

lightening spell

no incantation given

Causes an object to become less heavy and thereby easier to carry.

  • Harry apparently knows such a spell, since he plans to use it on his trunk in order to make it light enough to carry it to London on his broomstick (PA2)

Locomotor Mortis (lo-co-MO-tor  MOR-tis)
"Leg-Locker Curse"

"loco" L. from a place + "motionem" L. motion + "mortis" L. death

Locks together the legs of the victim, making him unable to walk.

  • Draco casts this spell on Neville just for kicks; Neville must then hop back to the common room (SS13)
see also Petrificus Totalus

Lumos (LOO-mos)

"lumen" L. light

Causes a small beam of light to shine from the end of the caster's wand.

  • This spell is used frequently as people skulk about the castle or the Forbidden Forest. 
  • Dumbledore even used one when looking for Mr.Crouch (GF28), and his beam of light was just as narrow and flashlight-like as Harry's usually is. You'd think Dumbledore would have been able to summon up something a little brighter. 
  • The spell to turn the light off is "Nox."
  • SEE ALSO Wand Effects


Lumos Solarum (LOO-mos so-LAR-um)

"lumos" L. light + "sol" L. sun

Generates a brilliant blast of light, as bright as the sun.

  • In the film, Hermione uses this spell to force the Devil's Snare plant to withdraw from Ron (SS/f).
This spell is NOT to be considered canon because it does not fit in with the established "rules" of magic in the books. For one thing, the Devil's Snare plant in the books shrinks from fire, not sunlight. For another, there is clearly no light spell of this intensity available in the Harry Potter universe. If there were, Dumbledore would certainly have used it instead of the feeble Lumos spell to search the forbidden forest for Krum and Barty Crouch Sr. (GF28). Also, Lupin would likely have used some more powerful light spell to illuminate the compartment on the train when the Dementors had extinguished all the lights. Instead, the best he could manage was a handfull of dim blue flames (PA). The spell is included here in the interest of completeness, however.

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