Eargit the Ugly• Character
Eargit the Ugly was a Goblin representative at 14th century summit of Wizard’s Council (fw). Read MoreEarthworm• Creature
An earthworm is a tube-shaped, segmented worm. It lives in the soil where it feeds on organic matter. Read MoreFar East
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Place
The Far East is a name given to eastern Asia by westerners; it always refers to Japan, Korea, and eastern China, and occasionally is used to signify other countries in the region as well. The Demiguise, Occamy, and Re’em are all native to this area (FB). Read MoreLorcan d'Eath• Character
Lorcan d’Eath is a very popular part-vampire singer whose song “Necks to You” spent nineteen weeks in the Number 1 slot (JKR, WoM). Read Moreeel• Creature
A type of long, slender fish (somewhat resembling a snake in appearance). Eel eyes evidently have magical uses. They were sold sold in Diagon Alley (PS5), and standing naked in a barrel of eels’ eyes is part of a remedy for spattergroit, according to one medieval healer (OP23). Read MoreEel Farm
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Glossary
An eel is a type of long, slender fish (somewhat resembling a snake in appearance) that spends most of its life in freshwater but breeds in the ocean, and consequently is found in marshy areas where freshwater has access to the sea. Eels are farmed for their meat. … Read MoreEeylops Owl Emporium
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Businesses, merchants, and shops
Eeylops Owl Emporium is a dimly lit shop in Diagon Alley which, according to the sign, sells tawny, screech, barn, brown, and snowy owls. Hagrid bought Hedwig here for Harry’s eleventh birthday on July 31, 1991 (PS5). Harry also returned later to buy owl nuts – a favorite treat… Read MoreEgypt
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Countries
Egypt, in northeastern Africa, is a country steeped in magical history. When Ron travels there with his family, he relays stories of unbelievable curses the old Egyptian wizards put on tombs, and Hermione calls the ancient wizards “fascinating” (PA1). Even in more recent times,… Read MoreEkrizdis• Character
Ekrizdis was a homicidal, probably insane wizard who built a dark fortress for himself on a remote North Sea island. He hid the island away from both the Wizarding and Muggle worlds with Concealment charms. Ekrizdis was reputed to lure and capture Muggle sailors to his island lair where he tortured and… Read Moreelderly committee member of the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures• CharacterEldon Elsrickle• Character
Eldon Elsrickle was a wizard and a famous thief, who brought the Unlocking Charm to Britain in the early 17th century. Elsrickle was behind a series of mysterious robberies in London, winning him the title of “The Spectral Thief of Old London Town.” (BoS)… Read MoreEldred Worple• Character
Eldred Worple was the author of Blood Brothers: My Life Amongst the Vampires and a guest at Slughorn’s Christmas party with his friend Sanguini. (HBP15)… Read MoreElfrida Clagg• Character
Elfrida Clagg was the Chieftainess of Warlock’s Council (JKR). * The dates given on Clagg’s Chocolate Frog card (1612-1687) conflict with information from QA4 which says she was the “Chief of the Wizard’s Council” in the mid-1300s. The portrait of the similarly named Elfrida Cragg in the Ministry… Read MoreElfrida Clagg becomes Chief of the Wizards' Council• Event
She succeeds Burdock Muldoon (FB) and declares the Golden Snidget to be a protected species, forbidding its use in Quidditch (QA4). Clagg also tries to establish a standard by which creatures will be given legal rights as “beings”, but her attempt fails (FB). Read MoreEliana• CharacterRe'em• Creature
The Re’em is an extremely rare golden-furred giant ox. … Read MoreRe'em Blood
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Potion ingredients
The blood of the Re’em, when drunk, gives the drinker immense strength (FB). Read More🎙️ Encore Episode: Bane was Right All Along• Article
This is an encore broadcast of an episode if the Harry Potter Lexicon Minute from November 2018. Today I’d like to talk to you about how, in the end, Bane didn’t need to get mad. When Bane gets mad at Firenze for saving Harry, he says “…we… Read More🎙️ Encore Presentation: OP2 - Kneazles• Article
This is an encore presentation of an episode from March, 2018. Mister Tibbles? Mrs Norris? Why do the animals owned by Squibs seem to have similar names? And particularly human-sounding names at that? In chapter two of Order of the Phoenix, we meet Mrs Figg… Read MoreEnglish Channel
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Oceans and seas
The English Channel is a body of water separating southern England from northern France, connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the North Sea. Read More🎙️ Episode 26: Fantastic Beasts and the 2001 thirst for canon• Article
Episode 26 of the Lexicon Podcast focuses on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (the schoolbook released in 2001 and a new edition released this week), and Quidditch Through the Ages (the book that was originally published along with Fantastic Beasts in 2001). We first talked… Read MoreErkling• Creature
The Erkling is a small elf-like creature native to Germany. Its high-pitched laugh is particularly entrancing to children, which Erklings like to eat. Erkling killings have decreased dramatically over the last few centuries as the German Ministry of Magic has put in place strict controls over the creatures (FB). Read MoreErrol• Character
Errol is an elderly owl owned by the Weasley family. Post owl deliveries are difficult for Errol at his age, but he does his best. When Mr. Weasley sent Harry an “enormous fruitcake and assorted meat pies,” the poor owl needed five days to recover (GF3). Read MoreFive errors in the original text of book one and how they were fixed• Article
In the summer of 2004, Bloomsbury released new editions of the Harry Potter books. These new editions featured a slew of changes to the original text. Some of the changes were simple fixes for typos. For example, on the third line of page 15 of Philosopher’s Stone, the word… Read MoreErumpent• Creature
The Erumpent is a huge African magical beast which resembles a rhinoceros. Its horn, which can pierce almost anything, contains a fluid that explodes, destroying what it has hit. Read MoreErumpent musk
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Magical objects
A pungent liquid produced by the male Erumpent to attract his mate. Read MoreErumpent parts
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Potion ingredients In Essence Divided
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Glossary
A phrase describing the fact that a soul has been split. Read MoreEuphemia Rowle• Character
Euphemia Rowle was an “extreme Death Eater” and the guardian of Delphi, the offspring of Lord Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange (CC3.16). Read MoreEupraxia Mole• Character
Eupraxia Mole was the headmistress of Hogwarts in 1876, when she negotiated an end to a standoff with Peeves by signing a contract allowing the poltergeist certain privileges. Read MoreEurope
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Continents
Countries in Europe mentioned in canon: Albania Andorra Bulgaria France Greece Greenland Hungary Ireland Luxembourg Norway Poland Romania Russia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine the United Kingdom, which includes: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Other Locations in Europe: Braga, in Portugal Minsk, in Belarus Sardinia, in Italy… Read More
Exploding Fluid
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Potions
A glowing fluid from the horn of an Erumpent. An Erumpent can fill something with this fluid by piercing it with its horn. Soon after that, the item will explode (WFT). Read MoreExploring September in the Harry Potter Universe• Article
I’ve updated all the entries and artwork that will appear on the home page scroller. The theme this time around is “September.” A lot happens at Hogwarts in the first month of the school year: Quidditch tryouts, the first classes for each subject for the year, the First Years… Read MoreExterminators sent to reduce the number of Peruvian Vipertooth dragons• Event
Peruvian Vipertooth dragons are particularly dangerous. They are very fast flyers, they are very venomous, and humans are their preferred food. By the end of the 1800s, the Vipertooths had become such a problem that the International Confederation of Wizards sends a team of exterminators to Peru to reduce the number. Read MoreExtraordinary General Meeting
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Ministry of Magic
Two Extraordinary General Meetings were held by Minister for Magic Hermione Granger in 2017 when dealing with threats caused by Delphi, the child of Lord Voldemort (CC1.12, CC4.1). Read More