Hogwarts

Abstinence • Glossary • Security Abstinence was the post-Christmas holidays password into Gryffindor Tower, after the Fat Lady and her friend Violet drank all the wine in a picture of a group of drunk monks in the Charms corridor (HBP17) https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast:… Read More

Acid Pops • Sweets Acid Pops are a sweet sold at Honeydukes in Hogsmeade (PA10). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Stewart Ackerley • Character Stewart Ackerley was a Ravenclaw student who started Hogwarts in 1994 (GF12). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Acting Head • Hogwarts • Titles, nicknames, and honorifics Acting Head is someone who temporarily assumes the role of Headmaster or Headmistress in the absence of the actual Head. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41… Read More

Albus Dumbledore • Character Albus Dumbledore was the Headmaster of Hogwarts for over thirty years, a time period that encompassed both of Voldemort’s attempts to take over the Wizarding world. Considered to be the most powerful wizard of his time, Dumbledore was awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class, and was… Read More

Albus Dumbledore becomes Headmaster of Hogwarts School • Event Dumbledore becomes Headmaster after serving as Transfiguration teacher for several decades. He replaces Armando Dippet. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Albus Dumbledore Remembered (Obituary) • Headlines and advertisements • Historical events Albus Dumbledore Remembered is an obituary written by a life-long friend of Dumbledore, Elphias Doge, who attended Hogwarts with him as a child (DH2, DH8). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |… Read More

Albus Dumbledore sits his N.E.W.T.s • Event He is examined in Transfiguration and Charms by Griselda Marchbanks, who later says that he did things with a wand she’d never seen before. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |… Read More

Albus Dumbledore starts at Hogwarts • Event He is sorted into Gryffindor. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe: RSS… Read More

Albus Dumbledore becomes the Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts • Event Armando Dippet is the Headmaster at this time. Albus Dumbledore’s career as a teacher lasts for several decades, starting in the 1920s. In 1927, he is reassigned from teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts to teaching Transfiguration after he angers the Head of Magical Law Enforcement. He eventually becomes the… Read More

Albus Potter discovers that Hermione Granger is teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts • Event Coming back to classes after his time in the hospital wing, Albus Potter discovers that Hermione Granger is teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts. She is outraged at his reaction to this and his questioning of her – asking about her husband and child. The other… Read More

Albus Potter hears about the confiscated Time-Turner from Rose Granger-Weasley • Event Rose Granger-Weasley asks Albus Potter whether he has heard about the Ministry’s raid that confiscated an illegal Time-Turner. Having recently listened to his father and Amos Diggory’s conversation, this gives Albus an idea of how to save Cedric Diggory. He meets with Scorpius Malfoy on… Read More

Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy meet and become friends on the Hogwarts Express • Event Albus Potter and Rose Granger-Weasley board the Hogwarts Express, with Rose determined to look for the ‘right’ people to sit with. Unlike Albus, Rose has heard the rumours about the parentage of Scorpius Malfoy and wants to instantly reject sitting in his compartment on the train. Read More

Albus Potter starts his second year at Hogwarts • Event Albus Potter boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at King’s Cross and starts his second year at Hogwarts. He tries to keep a distance from his father Harry – and he and Rose Granger-Weasley stand together and pretend to be “friends” while their parents are… Read More

Albus Potter starts his third year at Hogwarts • Event Following another argument with his father Harry, Albus Potter boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at King’s Cross and starts his third year at Hogwarts. He finds out that the mother of his friend Scorpius Malfoy has recently died and he doesn’t know what to… Read More

Albus Potter starts his first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Slytherin • Event Albus Potter, the second son of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley, boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at King’s Cross to start his first year at Hogwarts School and, to everyone’s surprise, he is sorted into Slytherin House (CC1.2, CC1.3, CC1.4). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3… Read More

Albus and Scorpius travel through the sink pipes from Moaning Myrtle's bathroom into the Lake • Event Albus Potter, with Scorpius Malfoy, enters Moaning Myrtle’s girls’ bathroom and demonstrates using the Engorgement Charm on a piece of soap. Myrtle appears in the sink and they tell her that they are planning to save Cedric Diggory. She reveals that the sink pipes in this… Read More

Alecto Carrow • Character Alecto and Amycus Carrow (JKR) were Death Eaters, a brother and sister, part of the group of Death Eaters that invaded Hogwarts in June of 1997 (HBP27); Snape implies that they were never sent to Azkaban (HBP2). When Voldemort took over Hogwarts, Alecto Carrow became the Muggle Studies teacher… Read More

Alicia Spinnet is sorted into Gryffindor • Event Alicia Spinnet starts at Hogwarts and is sorted into Gryffindor (CS7). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Amycus Carrow • Character Amycus Carrow was a squat, “lumpy” looking wizard with a lopsided leer and a wheezy giggle. Part of the group of Death Eaters who participated in the Battle of the Tower, where Amycus egged on Draco to kill Dumbledore, and had fun trying to curse Ginny Weasley (HBP27). Snape… Read More

Ancient Runes • Areas of knowledge • Hogwarts academics Ancient runes are a form of writing which witches and wizards used hundreds of years ago. It is also a subject at Hogwarts. Classwork and homework involves plenty of practice translating runes, and the O.W.L. involves translating something written in runes into English . Hermione used Spellman’s Syllabary to translate her… Read More

Ancient Runes class • Hogwarts academics Ancient Runes class, or Study of Ancient Runes, is a challenging class at Hogwarts focused on reading and understanding ancient runes, a form of writing which witches and wizards used hundreds of years ago. During Hermione Granger’s time as a student of Ancient Runes, the instructor was Bathsheda Babbling (JKR) and… Read More

Andrew Kirke • Character Andrew Kirke was at Gryffindor in the mid 1990s and on Gryffindor’s Quidditch Team as a Beater from 1995-96. Kirke was at least a second year during the 1995-1996 school year, and became a Beater on the Quidditch team after Fred and George were banned (… Read More

Angelina Johnson • Character Angelina Johnson is a tall, black (GF16) Gryffindor girl two years older than Harry. Background Angelina is an excellent Quidditch player (a Chaser) (PS11) and was captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team during the 1995-1996 school year (OP12). Her birthday is in the… Read More

Angelina Johnson is sorted into Gryffindor • Event Angelina Johnson starts at Hogwarts and is sorted into Gryffindor (PS11). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Angus Buchanan Cup for Outstanding Effort • Awards The Angus Buchanan Cup for Outstanding Effort is an award given out at Hogwarts each year to a student who demonstrates exceptional effort (Pm). The award is named in honor of the Squib Angus Buchanan, who nearly faked his way into Hogwarts and later went on to be an accomplished… Read More

Angus McMangus • Character Angus McMangus was a Hogwarts classmate of Miranda Goshawk, author of the Book of Spells. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Antechamber • Architecture • Hogwarts According to the Oxford Dictionary, it means “a small room, leading to a main one”. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Antechamber of the Great Hall • Hogwarts castle and grounds • Rooms, chambers, and floors The antechamber is a small room connected to the Great Hall, door behind the teachers’ table, with a fireplace and many portraits, including that of the Fat Lady‘s friend Violet (GF17). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast:… Read More

Anthony Goldstein and Padma Patil are made prefects • Event When they begin their fifth year at Hogwarts, Ravenclaws Anthony Goldstein and Padma Patil are made prefects (OP10). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 —… Read More

Anthony Goldstein is sorted into Ravenclaw • Event Anthony Goldstein starts Hogwarts in 1991 and is sorted into Ravenclaw (OP10). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Anti-Cheating quill • Magical objects Students at Hogwarts are given quills charmed with Anti-Cheating spells for doing written exams. (PS16) https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Anti-cheating spell • Spells Anti-Cheating Spells and Charms are cast on quills and examination papers before exams at Hogwarts. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Anti-Disapparation Jinx • Spells The Anti-Disapparation Jink prevents someone from Disapparating, or disappearing to magically travel somewhere else. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Anti-Gravity Mist • Magical effects Anti-Gravity Mist is a Charm which creates an innocent-looking golden mist that hovers above the ground. A person stepping into this mist immediately finds that up and down have reversed and they are hanging from the ground over the endless sky. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast:… Read More

Anti-Intruder jinxes • Spells Anti-intruder Jinxes are spells for security. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe: RSS… Read More

AOL • Source AOL.com, 19 October 2000: AOL Live presented an exclusive live chat with “Harry Potter” creator J.K. Rowling. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Apollyon Pringle • Character Apollyon Pringle was the caretaker at Hogwarts when Arthur and Molly Weasley attended (1960s), preceding Argus Filch. He punished Arthur (for being caught out at night with Molly) in a way that left permanent scars (GF31). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast:… Read More

Aragog's hollow • Creatures' homes, lairs, and territories Hagrid takes his Acromantula Aragog to live in a hollow in the Forbidden Forest after being accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets. Aragog lives in “the middle of the misty domed web” with his wife Mosag and hundreds of their descendants (CS15). The hollow is located deep inside the forest; Harry and Ron… Read More

Argus Filch • Character Argus Filch was the Hogwarts caretaker, a cantankerous, nasty man who detests the students. He knew the secret passageways and hidden doors of Hogwarts better than anyone except Fred and George Weasley (and now Harry, thanks to the Marauders’ Map). Filch was a Squib, which means that he was… Read More

Argyllshire • Regions, counties, and territories Argyllshire is a county in western Scotland. A map of Argyllshire hangs on the second floor of Hogwarts. This map is where the Fat Lady hid after Sirius Black attacked her (PA9). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in… Read More

Arithmancy class • Hogwarts academics Arithmancy class is taught at Hogwarts by Professor Vector. In Professor Vector’s class, Arithmancy students are expected to write essays and to be able to understand complicated number charts, which are part of their homework (PA12). Hermione Granger appears to be the only Gryffindor in… Read More

Armando Dippet • Character Armando Dippet is a former headmaster of Hogwarts (c. 1942 through mid-1960s), Dumbledore’s predecessor, who was totally taken in by Tom Riddle. Dippet’s portrait hangs in Dumbledore’s office (OP37). In life, he was nearly bald and somewhat feeble (CS13). Tom Riddle, when he had finished school, asked Dippet… Read More

Armando Dippet: Master or Moron? • Books and Literature Armando Dippet: Master or Moron? is a bestseller about one of the previous headmasters of Hogwarts (DH13). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)… Read More

Armour • Hogwarts • Security Hogwarts contains many enchanted suits of armour, some of which stand on plinths around the castle (PA12), while others are in an armour gallery. They move on their own (GF15). Also see Hogwarts Armour and Suits of Armour. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast:… Read More

Artemisia Lufkin is sorted into Hufflepuff • Event Atemisia Lufkin starts her first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Hufflepuff. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:41 — 3.4MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Artwork at Hogwarts • Art and Culture Various types of artwork are displayed in the halls of Hogwarts, including paintings and sculptures. Many if not all of these are magical and are animated in some way. Apparently there are no art classes at Hogwarts, although Dean Thomas is known for being a good artist.   https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3… Read More

Assistant Head • Titles, nicknames, and honorifics While we do not know if this is typical of Heads of the school, we do know that Dumbledore appointed an Assistant Headmistress to help him manage Hogwarts and to take charge when he was away. McGonagall filled that role and took over when Dumbledore was replaced during the 1992-1993… Read More

Astronomy class • Hogwarts academics Astronomy is a compulsory subject for the first five years at Hogwarts. The Astonomy professor is Aurora Sinistra. The class meets at midnight at the top of the Astronomy Tower. Essays for the theory portion involve learning a lot of facts — Ron and Harry’s fifth year essay on Jupiter’s moons, for example… Read More

Atlas of Hogwarts • Atlas of the Wizarding World Here in the Atlas of Hogwarts we’ve collected a variety of maps and other artwork which depicts the castle and the area around it. With the exception of Rowling’s own map, none of these maps can be considered canon. Some of them predate the revelation of Rowling’s own sketch map… Read More

August at Hogwarts • Hogwarts • Timelines and calendars August is the one month where students are not present at Hogwarts. The Hogwarts staff typically leaves the castle for the month, although some do remain for all or part of the time. Filch, presumably, uses the time to catch up on cleaning. McGonagall has no other home than Hogwarts… Read More

Professor Sinistra • Character Professor Sinistra was a professor of Astronomy at Hogwarts during the 1990s (JKR, CS11, GF12, GF23, OP12, OP13, OP14). Sinistra helped carry Justin Finch-Fletchley‘s Petrified body to the hospital wing in 1992 (CS11). She danced a two-step with Moody at… Read More

Aurors • Occupations The Aurors are an elite group of witches and wizards who battle the Dark Arts. They operate in some ways as soldiers but more often as intelligence agents, seeking out Dark wizards and defeating them, often in fierce wizard duels. Alastor Moody and Frank and Alice Longbottom were famous Aurors,… Read More

Auto-Answer Quill • Magical objects An Auto-Answer Quill presumably automatically answers a question asked in its presence. They are banned from the examination hall during tests at Hogwarts (OP31). https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/hplm-201807-op12-is-it-monday-again.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |… Read More

Awards • Awards • Sports and competitions Angus Buchanan Cup for Outstanding Effort Awarded yearly at Hogwarts (Pm). Barnabus Finkley Prize for Exceptional Spell-Casting Albus Dumbledore won this before his eighteenth birthday (DH18). “Dangerous” Dai Commemorative Medal Given each year to the Quidditch player who has been the most reckless, in honor of… Read More