Curses

Curses are a type of dark magic, useful in duels and battles (JKR). Along with hexes and jinxes, they are known as “Dark Charms” (Pm). While considered to be Dark and therefore bad, some curses are actually used by witches and wizards who would never be seen to be evil.

The following spells are known as curses.

• Babbling Curse
• Blasting Curse
• Body-Bind Curse
• Cruciatus Curse
• Curse of the Bogies
• Entrail-Expelling Curse
• Fiendfyre
• Flagrante Curse
• Gemino Curse
• Impediment Curse
• Imperius Curse
• Jelly-Fingers curse
• Killing Curse
• Leg-Locker Curse
• Reductor Curse
• Sponge-Knees Curse
• Thief’s Curse
• Unforgivable Curses

References from the canon

• The first book that interested Harry in Diagon Alley was Curses and Countercurses (Bewitch Your Friends and Befuddle Your Enemies with the Latest Revenges: Hair Loss, Jelly-Legs, Tongue- Tying and Much, Much More) by Professor Vindictus Viridian because he wanted to curse his cousin Dudley (PS5)
• Bill Weasley worked in Egypt tombs as a Curse-Breaker for Gringott's Bank (PA1)
• While Voldemort's Killing Curse was the most feared in the Wizarding World, Peter Pettigrew managed to kill 13 Muggles with one curse that blew up the street, then blame it on Sirius Black (PA3)
• The Killing Curse cannot be blocked, and there is no countercurse (GF14)