L
la Fay, Morgan
Half-sister of King Arthur and enemy
of Merlin. Morgan la Fay was a Dark sorceress; she appears on Famous Wizard
card number 8. (CS/g)
Landlady
of the Green Dragon
In 1973, proprietor of the Green
Dragon, who shacked up with a certain Janus
Thickey after the latter's supposed death at the hands of a Lethifold
(FB)
Lestrange
family
(Mr. and Mrs.)
Death
Eaters, currently in Azkaban
(GF
possibly the
witch and wizard who were sentenced to Azkaban along with Barty Crouch
Jr. for the torture of the Longbottoms (GF
Levski
Bulgarian
National Team Chaser (1994) (GF8)
Llewellyn,
"Dangerous" Dai
famous Quidditch
player for the Caerphilly
Catapults. Tragically, he was eaten by a Chimaera
while on holiday in Mykonos, Greece. He was known for his reckless and
foolhardy style of play. His biography was written by Kennilworthy Whisp
(FB)
Lochrin,
Guthrie
Scotting wizard
who, in 1107, talked about suffering "splinter-filled buttocks and bulging
piles" as a result of riding a broomstick.(QA)
Lockhart,
Gilderoy
famous celebrity
wizard, on staff
for a year at Hogwarts
Lovegoods
family living
near Ottery
St. Catchpole (GF6)
Lupin,
Remus
Friend of
James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew, attended Hogwarts with
them in the 1970s. Remus was bitten by a werewolf as a young boy and despaired
of being allowed to attend Hogwarts. Became Defense Against the Dark Arts
professor for the 1993-94 school year.
"Remus"
- one of the legendary twin boys who founded the city of Rome; as children
they were raised by a she-wolf
"lupus"
- L. "wolf"
Lynch,
Aiden
Irish National
Team Seeker (1994) (GF8)
M
MacFarlan,
Hamish
Captain of the Montrose Magpies
from 1957 to 1968, after which he became the Head of the Department of
Magical Games and Sports (QA)
Macdonald, Magnus "Dent-Head"
spearheaded a campaign to reintroduce
the violent game of Creaothceann in the 1960s, but the effort failed (QA)
MacDougal, Morag
Hogwarts student
91-98
MacFusty
clan
Clan of Wizards
who live in the Hebrides Islands and traditionally care for the Hebridean
Black dragons of the islands. (FB)
Macnair,
Walden
Death
Eater (GF
executioner
of dangerous creatures for the Ministry of Magic (PA
Madley,
Laura
Hufflepuff,
94-01
Maeve,
Queen
medieval witch
from Ireland who trained young witches and wizards there before the establishment
of Hogwarts. She appears on Famous Wizard card number 13 (CS/g).
- Lucius Malfoy
- Narcissa Malfoy
- Draco Malfoy
"mal" L. bad + "foy" Fr. faith
Malécrit
Playwright
who wrote "Hélas, j'ai Transfiguré mes Pieds (Alas, I have
Transfigured my Feet)" (QA)
"malécrit"
is French for "badly written" (thanks to Anne-Claire Soussan)
Malkin, Madam
Proprietor of a robe shop in Diagon
Alley called Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. She is a squat witch
who, on July 31 1980, was wearing mauve robes. (SS5)
manager
of Flourish and Blotts
didn't much
care for the Monster Book of Monsters and didn't recommend reading
books about Death Omens because you'd start seeing them everywhere. (PA
tried to keep
all of Lockhart's fans under control at his book signing (CS
Marsh,
Madam
got off the
Knight
Bus at Abergavenny (PA3)
elderly witch
who carried a small case and covered her face with her handkerchief as
she disembarked
Maxime,
Madam Olympe
headmistress
of Beauxbatons Academy
half-giant,
although she insists she is just "big-boned"
an elegant
lady wearing silk and many jewels
according
to Dumbledore, she is an excellent dancer
there is a
romantic relationship brewing between Hagrid and Maxime
"Maxime"
comes from the Latin "maxima" meaning greatest or largest, which is appropriate
for a woman who is half-giant.
McCormack, Catriona
Chaser/Captain for the Pride of
Portree, led the team to two league wins in the 1960s. She played for Scotland
thirty-six times. She has a daughter, Meghan, and a son, Kirley. (QA)
McCormack, Kirley
Son of Catriona McCormack, the famous
Chaser, Kirley is the lead guitarist for the Weird Sisters (QA)
McCormack, Meghan
currently plays Keeper for the Pride
of Portree
McGonagall,
Minerva
Gryffindor?
c. late 1930s
Deputy Headmistress
Transfiguration
teacher, Hogwarts
staff
Head of Gryffindor
House
Animagus:
tabby cat
Minerva
was the Roman goddess of wisdom. McGonagall comes from poet Sir William
Topaz McGonagall (1825-1902), of Dundee, Scotland. He is considered to
be a very bad poet indeed.
McGonagall,
M. G.
Student at
Hogwarts in the late 60s/early 70s. He or she played Quidditch for Gryffindor,
and in 1971 won a small plaque which is now part of a trophy in the trophy
room. (SS/f)
NOTE:
This is certainly not Professor McGanagall, since she is much older than
James Potter and was a teacher at Hogwarts in 1971, according to PA. His
or her name appears on a wooden shield in the Trophy Room in the film only.
Since other information on that shield is problematic in that it contradicts
JKR's statement that James Potter was a Chaser, this McGonagall cannot
be considered part of the official canon.
McDonald, Natalie
Gryffindor,
94-01
Natalie's
name comes from a Canadian girl who was very sick. She loved the Harry
Potter books and contacted JKR. The author wrote her and told her her some
of the secrets of the books to come, but Natalie had died by the time the
letter arrived. Natalie's mother responded and she and JKR have since become
friends. Jo put Natalie in GF, sorted into Gryffindor, as a tribute. (story
originally appeared in the Toronto Globe and Mail)
McKinnon
family
couple killed
by Voldemort's supporters, including Travers (SS4, GF30)
Macmillan,
Ernie
Hufflepuff
91-98
was convinced
that Harry was the Heir of Slytherin until Hermione was Petrified. (CS
Merlin
famous wizard,
face on a Chocolate
Frog trading card (q.v.) (SS6, CS/g)
Merwyn
The Malicious
medieval wizard
who is known for creating many nasty jinxes and curses. He appears on Famous
Wizard card number 15. (CS/g)
Midgen,
Eloise
Hogwarts student,
early 1990s
tried to charm
away acne and had to have her nose reattached by Madam Pomfrey (GF33)
possibly Hufflepuff,
by the fact that the Hufflepuff students chatted about her in a very familiar
way in Herbology class (GF
Mockridge,
Cuthbert
Head of the
Goblin Liaison Office (GF7)
Montague
Slytherin
early 1990s
Q. Chaser
Moody,
Alastor "Mad-Eye"
ex-Auror,
on staff
for a year at Hogwarts, spent it at the bottom of a magical trunk (GF)
"moody"
describes someone whose outlook or personality changes quite often, usually
in a negative way. Alastor Moody certainly fits that description.
Mopsus
Ancient Greek
soothsayer from mythology, defeated the Seer Calchas. Mopsus was the son
of Apollo and Manto; he founded the Apollo oracle in Colophon (fw5). He
also lends his name to the Mopsus Potion in the trading card game. (TCG)
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Moran
(Witch)
Irish Chaser,
one third of the famous "Troy, Mullet, and Moran" (1994) (GF8)
Morgan,
Gwendolyn
Captain of
the Holyhead Harpies in their defeat of the Heidelberg Harriers in 1953.
(QA)
Morgana
famous witch,
face on a Chocolate
Frog trading card (SS6)
Mortlake
owned some
extremely odd ferrets
(CS3)
Mostafa,
Hassan
Quidditch
referee for the World Cup in 1994; small, skinny, and bald, with a huge
mustache; Chairwizard of the International Association of Quidditch (GF8)
Mulciber
Death Eater
(GF
Mulciber
is another name for the god Vulcan of Roman mythology.
Muldoon,
Burdock
Chief of the
Wizards' Council in the 14th century. Muldoon declared that any creature
who walked upon two legs qualified as a "being" and was therefore entitled
to share in governing and have legal rights. Unfortunately, this rather
crude definition failed to screen out a large number of undesirable, but
bipedal, creatures, including Trolls and Goblins. He was followed in office
by Elfrida
Clagg. (FB)
Mullet
(Witch)
Irish National
Team Chaser, one third of the famous "Troy, Mullet, and Moran" (GF8)
Mumps,
Zacharias
In 1398, Zacharias
Mumps wrote a description of Quidditch which closely matches the current
form of the game (QA)
Murray,
Eunice
(died 1942)
Seeker for
the Montrose Magpies who once asked for a faster Snitch because the current
model was "too slow" (QA)
Myrtle
Hogwarts student,
early 1940s
Myrtle was
a somewhat dumpy, pimply faced girl who wore rather thick glasses. She
was teased mercilessly by Olive Hornby, a fellow student, and hid in the
bathroom to cry quite often. One of those times, she encountered the Basilisk
from the Chamber
of Secrets and was killed. She then took to haunting Olive and eventually
returned to the bathroom where she had died to remain there, weeping and
wailing. The students now refer to her as Moaning
Myrtle and the bathroom she haunts is out of order.
The
myrtle tree is a close relative of the willow tree. "Moaning Myrtle" is
a similar phrase to "weeping willow." The actress who plays Moaning Myrtle
in the film (CS/f) also appeared in the film Bridget Jones' Diary.
Her first scene in that film has her standing in a bathroom crying on the
phone to Bridget.
N
Nott
Death Eater
(GF33)
The
word "not" has an obvious negative connotation, which is fitting for a
Death Eater.
Nott, T.
(child)
Hogwarts student,
91-98
(probably
Slytherin, assuming a relationship with the Death Eater of the same name)
someone named
T. Nott checked out the book Quidditch Through the Ages (22 January)
(QA)
Nettles,
Madam Z.
witch living
in Topsham (CS8)
