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Spells, Charms, & Curses
First spell used in the book
Sunshine, daisies, buttermellow, turn this stupid, fat rat yellow – spell that Ron was given by his brothers that did not work, Bk1- 105
Accio, Summoning Charm to bring a desired object to you, Bk4- 68, Bk4- 347
Age Line, a magical line that does not let someone below a certain age to pass, Bk4- 256, trying to pass when you are too young will cause you to get thrown out and cause a beard to grow long and gray instantly, Bk4-
Alohomora, spell to open locks, Bk?-
Anti-Disapparation Jinx, used by Dumbledor on Death Eaters, Bk5- 817
Aparecium, spell to make invisible ink appear, didn’t work on Riddle’s diary, Bk2- 233
Apparate, just vanish and reappear somewhere else, underage wizards are not allowed to apparate because it is dangerous, Bk2- 69, you need to pass a test and get licensed to apparate, Bk4- 66
Avada Kedavra, the Killing Curse, when cast it causes a blinding green light and a rushing sound, causes instant death without leaving a mark, there is no countercurse, Harry is the only one known to have survived this curse, this was the curse that killed Harry’s parents and many other enemies of Voldemort, Bk4- 215-216, an Unforgivable Curse, Bk4- 217
Avis, causes a wand to make a loud noise and sends small, twittering birds out of the end, Bk4- 309
Banishing Charm, opposite of Summoning Charm, sends objects to a specific spot, Bk4- 479
Bat-Bogey Hex, curse that Ginny Weasley is good at, Bk5- 100, causes the face to be covered with great floppy things, Bk5- 760
Cheering Charms, leaves one with a feeling of great contentment, Bk3- 294
Colloportus, seals a door, Bk5- 788,796
Conjunctivitis Curse, a curse that causes near blindness, effective against dragons because their eyes are their weakest spot, Bk4- 406
Crucio, the Cruciatus Curse, causes extreme pain, effective only while the casting wand is pointed at the target, Bk4- 214-215, an Unforgivable Curse, Bk4- 217
Curse of the Bogies, mentioned by Quirrell, Bk1- 157
Densaugeo, a curse that causes teeth to grow very long, Bk4- 299
Deletrius, erases a spell like Prior Incantato, Bk4- 136
Diffindo, caused Cedric’s bag to split open, Bk4- 340
Disillusionment Charm, makes a person look like the backround, very hard to see, a human chameleon, Bk5- 54,60
Engorgio, causes the target to grow larger, Bk4- 214
Ennervate, reverses the Stupify spell, awakens someone who’s been stunned, Bk4- 133
Evanesco, a vanising spell, Bk5- 80
Expecto Petronum, the Petronis Charm, highly advanced and well beyond O.W.L.s, conjures a Petronus which is an Anti-Dementor, each is unique to the wizard, you must concentrate on a very happy memory, Bk3- 237, 238
Expelliarmus, a Disarming Charm, knocks any thing they are holding out of their hands and can knock the opponent backwards, Bk2- 190
Ferula, conjures bandages and a splint. Bk3- 376
Finite Incantatem, stops the effects of other spells already cast, Bk2- 192
Fidelius Charm, immensely complex spell involving the magical concealment of a secret in a person, the Secret-Keeper. As long as the person doesn’t reveal the secret the people hiding can not be found, Bk3- 205
Flagrate, causes a fiery X to appear on an object, Bk5- 772
Flame Freezing Charm, causes a fire to have no effect on you, Bk3- 2
Freezing Charm, spell Hermione used on Cornish Pixies to great effect to immobilize them, Bk2- 103
Furnunculus, a curse that causes boils to break out, Bk4- 298
Hair-Thickening Charm, can cause eyebrows to grow, Bk5- 400
Impedimenta, Impediment Curse, will slow down anything, Bk4- 574, Bk5- 413,454
Imperio, the Imperius Curse, causes the target to be in total control of the caster, it can be fought by real strength of character, was used in Voldemort’s day to control other wizards, Bk4- 212-213, an Unforgivable Curse, Bk4- 217
Imperturbable Charm, used to stop anything from passing a door, Bk5- 69
Impervius, a spell Hermione used to make Harry’s glasses repel water, Bk3- 177
Inanimatus Conjurus, an assignment from McGonagall, Bk5- 289,295
Incarcerous, causes ropes to wrap around the target, Bk4- ?, Bk5- 755
Legilimens, Legilimency, the ability to extract feelings & memories, Bk5- 530, only those skilled at Occlumency can resist Legilimency, Bk5- 531,534
Locomotor Mortis, leg-locker curse, Bk1- 217, 222
Locomotor Trunk, used to make a trunk float through the air, Bk5- 53
Lumos, the wand gives off light to see by, BK1-
Memory Charms, used mostly to make Muggles forget they saw magic, Bk2- 31, see Obliviate
Mobiliarbus, Hermione used it to move a Christmas tree, Bk3- 201
Mobilicorpus, a spell that makes a person float like a puppet, Bk3- 377
Nox, shuts off a wand lit with Lumos, Bk3- 338
Obliviate, Memory Charm used by Lockart that makes anyone forget everything, Bk2- 303, used on Muggles, Bk4- 77
Obliteration Charm, erases things like footprints in the snow, Bk5- 440, spell to open locks
Occlumency, magical defence of the mind against penetration, Bk5- 519, protection against Legilimency, Bk5- 530
Orchideous, causes a bunch of flowers to burst from the tip of the wand, Bk4- 308
Perminant Sticking Charm, makes an item impossible to be removed from where it was put, Bk5- 79,110
Petrificus Totalus, a Body-Bind spell that makes the whole body go rigid, Bk1- 273, Bk5- 792
Peskipiksi Pesternimi, spell Lockart tried on Cornish Pixies that had no effect, Bk2- 101
Point Me, a Four Point Spell that causes the wand to point north, Bk4- 608
Portus, creats a Portkey, Bk5- 818
Prior Incantato, causes a wand to reveal the last spell cast with it, Bk4- 136
Protean Charm, used on fake Galleons so they all showed the same date of the next Dumbledor's Army meeting, a N.E.W.T standard charm, Bk5- 398
Protego, a Sheild Charm, allowed Harry to see Snape's memories while Harry was a target of Snape's Legilimens spell, Bk5- 591,592
Quietus, reverses the Sonorus Charm, Bk4- 116
Reductor Curse, used to blast things out of the way, Bk4- 608, Bk5- 397
Relashio, normally shoots sparks out of the wand, underwater shoots a jet of boiling water, Bk4- 496
Reparo, charm to fix something like a broken window, Bk4- 169
Rictusempra, a tickling charm, Bk2- 192
Riddikulus, used on a boggart to change it into something amusing, laughter finishes off a boggart, Bk3- 134
Riducio, opposite of Engorgio, causes the target to shrink, Bk4- 215
Scorgify, used to clean messeslike dropings in a bird cage, Bk5- 53, and clean up Stinksap, Bk5- 188, and a person's mouth, Bk5- 646
Serpensortia, shoots a long black snake out of the end of your wand, Bk2- 194
Silencio, Silencing Charm, Bk5- 375
Shield Charm, delects minor jinxes so they rebound on the attacker, Bk5- 553, see Protego
Sonorus, magically amplifies your voice, Bk4- 102
Splinched, fail to apparate properly leaving part of yourself behind, Bk4- 67
Stinging Hex, causes a small welt or scorch mark, Bk5- 534
Taratallegra, causes a person’s legs to jerk around out of control, Bk2- 192, Bk5- 802
Trip Jinx, used by Malfoy to trip Potter, Bk5- 609
Unforgivable Curses, Avada Kedavra, Crucio, and Imperio, using one on another human being is punishable by life imprisonment in Azkaban, Bk4- 217
Waddiwasi, used by Lupin to shoot chewing gum out of the keyhole where Peeves just put it, and into Peeves’s left nostril, Bk3- 131
Wingardium leviosa, a levitating spell, Bk1- 171, 176