List of spells and curses from Harry Potter novels
These lists show spells and curses from the seven volumes of the Harry Potter novel series by Joanne K. Rowling .
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List of known spells from the books
| Formula / name | Linguistic origin | effect | Counter-spell / opposite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accio | Latin accio 'I call' | summons objects and living beings (e.g. "Accio Firebolt") | |
| Aguamenti | Latin aqua , Spanish agua 'water' | lets water shoot out of the tip of the wand or fills a vessel with water if you tap it beforehand | |
| Alohomora | The geomancy from Madagascar borrowed, Good for thieves' | opens doors and windows | Colloportus |
| Amnesia | Negation to ancient Greek μνήμη mnémē = memory, see also amnesia | wipes out the victim's memory | |
| Anapneo | Negation to ancient Greek ἄπνοια ápnoia = not breathing, I breathe again | clears the airways | |
| Anti-cheating spells | - | is z. B. used in the Hogwarts exams | |
| Aparecium | Latin apparere , Spanish aparecer , English appear 'appear' | reveals hidden writings etc. | |
| Ascendio | Latin ascendere ' to ascend' | lets people or objects rise into the air | Descendo |
| Avada Kedavra | aramaic avd / אבד= get lost, disappear; aram. ke /כ= like; aram. davar /דבאר = the thing | Killing curse, kill instantly; one of the three unforgivable curses | |
| Advice | Latin 'bird' | makes birds come out of the tip of the wand | |
| Cave Inimicum | Latin 'beware of the enemy' | keeps enemies away | |
| Colloportus | lat. colligo porta , tie the door | locks doors and windows | Alohomora |
| Confringo | Latin confringere = to break something; engl. infringe: break [law] | makes objects explode | Reparo |
| Confundo | lat. confundere = to confuse | Confusion or confusion charm | |
| Crucio | Latin cruciare = to torture, torment | Cruciatus curse = curse of torture, inflicts torment; one of the three unforgivable curses | |
| Defodio | lat. defodere = buried | blows up rocks and stones | |
| Deletrius | engl. delete = delete | makes the Prior Incantado disappear again | Prior Incantado |
| Densaugeo | lat. dens = tooth, augeo = I let grow | makes a person's teeth grow | |
| Deprimo | lat. deprimere = to depress | blasts a big hole in the floor | |
| Descendo | lat. descendere = to bring down | moves an object down | Ascendio |
| Diffindo | lat. diffindere = (to) split, smash | can tear things apart | Reparo |
| Dissendium | lat. dissentire = to deviate | enables concealed entrances to be opened | |
| Duro | lat. duro = I harden | petrified objects | |
| Engorgio | engl. engorgement = oversaturation | makes living organisms swell to an oversized size | Reducio |
| Erecto | lat. lat. erectio = erection | straighten things up | |
| Episkey | Greek episkeu = I restore | heals small fractures and injuries | |
| Evanesco | engl. evanesce = dissolve like smoke; lat. evanescere: to disappear | makes an object or substance disappear | |
| Expecto patronum | lat .: for I expect the guardian spirit | summons a Patronus up, the Dementors sells | |
| Expelliarmus | lat. expellere = to drive away; arma = weapons | disarms the enemy | Protego |
| Expulso | lat. expellere = to drive out, to drive out by striking | makes objects explode | |
| Ferula | engl. ferrule = strengthening / stiffening metal ring, sleeve / sleeve for connecting parts; engl. ferule / ferula / lat. ferula: tail | splints z. B. broken body parts | |
| Fidelius magic | Latin for even more faithful; engl. fidelity: loyalty | hides a place in the mind of the secret-keeper | |
| Finite Incantatem | Latin finire = to end something, finite: ended ( Imp. ), incantatio: conjuration, spell | ends some spells and curses with permanent effects | |
| Flag rate | lat. flagrare = to burn or to be on fire | allows you to leave a red trail in the air or on an object with the magic wand | |
| Flagrant | lat. flagrare = to burn | Flagrante enchants objects so that they feel red-hot and cause severe burns if touched | |
| Furunculus | engl. furuncle , boils = Eiterbeule | disfigured the victim's face with boils | |
| Geminio spell / Gemino curse | lat. geminare , to double | creates a duplicate of an item | |
| Glisseo | French .. glisser = slide, slide | turns a staircase into a slide | |
| Homenum Revelio | lat. homo = human; lat. revelare / engl. reveal = reveal reveal; Latin hominem revelio = I reveal people | makes the presence of people in a place visible | |
| Impedimenta | Latin impedio = to shackle | freezes an enemy in motion | |
| Imperio | lat. imperare = to command | Imperius curse = submission curse, imposes will; is one of the three unforgivable curses | can be fended off with a lot of willpower |
| Imperturbatio spell | engl. imperturbable = unshakable; lat. imperturbatus = undisturbed | protects an object in such a way that nobody can touch or penetrate it | |
| Impervius | engl. impervious / lat. impervius = impenetrable | makes the surface of things, people, animals etc. water-repellent | |
| Incarcerus | lat./(engl.) carcer = dungeon; engl. incarcerate = imprison | ties the victim with ropes | Diffindo |
| Incendio | Latin incendo = I ignite; engl. incense = to ignite / incendiary = arsonist | kindles a fire | Aguamenti (indirect) |
| Legilimens | Latin legere = read, collect, Latin mens = mind, thoughts | Legilimacy : intruding into another person's mind | can only be fought off by closing the mind ( Occlumency ) |
| Levicorpus | engl./lat. corpus = body; lat. levare = to raise, eng. levitate = to float in the air | hangs the victim upside down in the air, apparently by one foot | Liberacorpus |
| Liberacorpus | engl./lat. corpus = body; engl. liberate / lat. liberare = liberate (Latin imperative libera: liberate!) | is the counter- spell to Levicorpus and lets the floating person fall | Levicorpus |
| Locomotor | engl. locomotion = movement; lat. loco motor = the mover (from) the place | moves objects (e.g. Locomotor lamp ) | Similar magic: Mobiliarbus and Mobilcorpus for bodies |
| Lumos | Latin. French lumière = light | creates light at the tip of the wand | Nox |
| Mobile body | lat. mobilis = mobile, corpus = body | turns a lifeless human body into a kind of puppet whose movements can be directed by a magic wand | |
| Murder | Latin mors = death and Latin mordere = bite | conjures up the Dark Mark | |
| Muffliato | engl. muffle = (noises) to dampen, suppress | fills the ears of anyone nearby with an indefinable hum | |
| Nox | Latin nox = night | Counterspell from Lumos | Lumos |
| Obliviate / Amnesia | lat. oblivio = oblivion; engl. oblivious = without memory | changes a person's memory (the German translation also introduces the amnesia spell, which, unlike Obliviate, erases a person's entire memory, which does not exist in the original English) | |
| Occlumency | Latin occultare = hide and mens = thought, mind | close the mind from intrusion with Legilimacy | |
| Obscuro | lat. obscurare = to darken | puts a blindfold on someone that cannot be magically removed | |
| Oppugno | lat. oppugnare = to attack | causes small objects and beings to attack someone | |
| Orchid | from the taxonomic family name Orchidaceae (v. Greek ὄρχις orchis = testicles ') of the orchids | lets a bouquet burst from the tip of the wand | |
| Pack magic | with this spell you can pack things in a suitcase | ||
| Petrificus Totalus | engl. petrified = petrified | allows machines / devices and living beings to freeze | |
| Piertotum Locomotor | lat. pietas = duty, totum = all, engl. locomotion = movement | lets statues or armor "come to life" | |
| Portus | lat. portare = carry away, take away; engl. portable = portable | turns any object into a portkey | |
| Prior Incantado | (Eng. priori incantatem ) Latin literally: "Before that I swore"; engl. prior = previous, incantation = spell | shows the last spell of a wand | Deletrius |
| Protego | lat. protegere = to protect; engl. protect = protect | blocks weaker to advanced spells and curses and hurls them back at the attacker | |
| Proteus magic | from Proteus (Greek mythology): could transform himself into different shapes; engl. protean: changeable | connects objects with each other; if you change one thing, the others change in the same way | |
| Quietus | lat. quietus / engl. quiet = noiseless | sets the voice to normal volume | Sonorus |
| Ratzeputz | - | cleans dirty objects | |
| Reducio | engl. reduce = reduce | makes objects and living beings shrink | Engorgio |
| Relaschio | engl. release = release; engl. lash = lash | breaks fetters and forces opponents to let go of people who have been held | |
| Racing servants | engl. re = again; engl. nervation = system of nerves; originally ennervate , renamed by Rowling | revives unconscious people | |
| Reparo | lat. reparare = to restore; engl. repair = repair | puts broken objects back together | |
| Repello muggeltum | lat. repellere = to reject, to drive away | Muggle defense spells | |
| Rictusempra | lat. ridere = to laugh, semper = always, always | Tickling curse - the magically tickled victim has to laugh incessantly | |
| Riddiculus | lat. ridiculus / engl. ridiculous = ridiculous | drives away the bogus when the greatest fear is ridiculed in thought | |
| Salvio Hexia | Latin salvare = to save, hexia = hex | Wards | |
| Serpensortia | engl. serpent / lat. serpens = snake; French sortir: come out / sortie: exit; engl. sortie: (military) failure | creates a snake from the tip of the wand | |
| Silencio | lat. silentium / engl. silence = silence | lets the voice of the victim become completely silent | |
| Sonorus | engl. sonorous / lat. sonorus = sounding | amplifies the voice | Quietus, Silencio |
| Specialis Revelio | lat. specialis = special; lat. revelare = to show, to reveal | allows cursing or enchantments to be revealed | |
| stupor | engl. stupefy = astonish, daze ; Latin stupor = solidification | puts the enemy out of action | Enervate, racer |
| Tergeo | lat. tergeo = I wipe off | erases or blurs traces | |
| Waddiwasi | - | shoots an object at the targeted target | |
| Show me the direction | engl. point me = show me (the direction) | has the tip of the wand point north on the palm of the hand | |
| Wingardium Leviosa | engl. wing = wing; lat. arduus high / engl. arduous = difficult to climb, steep; Latin levis = easy | makes objects fly in the air and hover for a short time |
List of known curses from the books
| Name of the curse | Magic formula | linguistic origin | effect | Counter curse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Disapparation Spell ( Anti-Disapparation Jinx ) | lat. dis- , away, away; lat. apparere , to become visible; engl. disappear , disappear | prevents disapparation | ||
| Anti-Intruder Curse ( Anti-Intruder Jinx ) | engl. intruder , intruder | protects a place from intruders, it prevents z. B. climbing over walls and flying into them with a broom | ||
| Babbel curse ( Babbling Curse ) | the person hit by the curse never stops talking nonsense | |||
| Leg brace curse ( Leg-Locker Curse ) | Locomotor Mortis | engl. locomotor , relating to locomotion; lat. mortis , of death | closes the affected person's legs so that the person can no longer walk | |
| Conjunctival inflammation curse ( Conjunctivitus Curse ) | Conjunctivitio | Latin conjunctivitis , conjunctivitis | provokes painful inflammation of the conjunctiva; leads to impaired vision | Protego |
| Fiendfyre ( Fiendfyre ) | engl. fiend , evil spirit, devil; fyre altgl. for fire | creates a fire difficult to control, the flames of which take the form of a wide variety of creatures. It has the ability Horcruxes to destroy and can not be deleted by traditional means (Water Magic) | ||
| Densaugeo curse ( Densaugeo curse ) | Densaugeo | lat. dens , tooth; lat. augere , to enlarge | makes the victim's teeth grow rapidly | |
| Guts Ausweide Curse ( Entrail-Expelling Curse ) | engl. entrail , entrails; engl. expel , expel | the exact effect of the curse is unknown | ||
| Expulso ( Blasting Curse ) | Expulso | lat. expellere | triggers a powerful explosion | Protego |
| Flederwicht Curse ( Bat Bogey Hex ) | engl. bat , bat; engl. bogey (slang), unknown (hostile) flying object | makes batweights appear and attack the victim | ||
| Torture curse : Cruciatus ( Cruciatus curse ) | Crucio | Latin cruciare = to torture, torment | unforgivable curse , causes severe physical pain | |
| Furunkulus Curse ( Furnunculus Curse ) | Furunculus | Latin furunculus , furuncle, black blood | causes boils to grow in the face of the victim | |
| Full bracket ( Body-Bind Curse ) | Petrificus Totalus | engl. petrify , petrify; lat. facere , to make; Latin totalus , whole | immediately freezes the victim | |
| Tickle curse ( tickling Charm ) | Rictusempra | engl. rictus: u. a. big grin / grimace; lat. semper: always | Opponent gets a fit of laughter | |
| Langlock curse | Long lock | engl. long: language; engl. lock: lock | the opponent's tongue sticks to the roof of his mouth | |
| Reduktor Curse ( Reductor Curse ) | Reductio | engl. to reduce , downsize, mince, reduce | lets objects crumble into dust | |
| Sectumsempra | Sectumsempra | lat. sectus , cut; lat. semper , always | inflicts wounds on the enemy that look like they have been slashed with a sword | |
| Dance-Curse ( Dance- Jinx ) | Tarantallegra | engl. dance = to dance; Tarantella = fast dance; allegro = fast | forces the opponent to dance | |
| Killing curse ( Killing Curse ) | Avada Kedavra | aramaic avd /אבד, "Get lost, disappear"; aram. ke /כ, "how"; aram. davar /דבאר, "The thing" | unforgivable curse, kill the enemy | |
| Total submission : Imperious Curse ( Imperious curse ) | Imperio | lat. impero - "I command (you)" | unforgivable curse, causes one wizard to have total control over the will of another | can be shaken off by a strong effort of will |
Individual evidence
- ^ Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. and JK Rowling v. RDR Books. United States District Court. Southern District of New York. ( Memento of April 30, 2008 on the Internet Archive ) Southern District Reporters, PC, p. 105 (English); Retrieved April 30, 2008
- ↑ Rennervate on hp-lexicon.org (accessed April 30, 2008)