Hagrid delivers baby Harry to Dumbledore in Privet Drive• Event
Hagrid arrives with Harry on Sirius’s flying motorbike. Dumbledore is waiting in Privet Drive to leave the baby with the Dursleys. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/ehplm-202001-op1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration:… Read MoreHarry meets Andromeda and Ted Tonks• Event
They rescue him and Hagrid after they crash into the pond in the Tonks’ garden at the end of the Battle of the Seven Potters. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/ehplm-202001-op1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |… Read MoreHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows• Source
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last book in the series. The book was published in the US and the UK on 21 July 2007. Resources: Day by day calendar of events in the book Differences between the British and American versions Changes in the… Read MoreHarry takes his O.W.L.s, but they are interrupted by a vision of Sirius being tortured• Event
In the afternoon, Harry takes his History of Magic exam. He has a vision of Sirius being tortured in the Department of Mysteries and tries to figure out what to do. After a delay trying to contact Grimmauld Place and being caught by Umbridge (OP32), Harry takes off for… Read MoreHBP16: A Very Frosty Christmas• Source
Harry and Ron discuss Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape. Harry tells Mr. Weasley his suspicions and hears about the Ministry of Magic’s losing battle against Death Eaters. Remus Lupin talks about Snape and Fenrir Greyback, and Harry discovers that the… Read MoreHBP29: The Phoenix Lament• Source
Ginny leads Harry to the hospital wing, where the Order discusses Bill, Dumbledore, Snape, and the events of the evening. We also learn that Fleur still wants to marry a disfigured Bill, and Tonks is in love with Lupin. McGonagall takes Harry to her office (formerly Dumbledore’s) and asks where… Read MoreHBP30: The White Tomb• Source
The majority of students remain at Hogwarts for Dumbledore’s funeral, as wizards from across the country flood in to pay their last respects. Hermione discovers that Eileen Prince was Snape’s mother while Harry ponders the Horcruxes. The funeral takes place, after which Harry breaks up with Ginny. As Harry then walks off on… Read MoreHBP8: Snape Victorious• Source
Before the Hogwarts Express leaves, Tonks rescues Harry from the Full-Body Bind Curse put on him by Malfoy. She escorts him to the castle, but Snape come to collect him and he leads Harry into the feast, criticizing Harry all the way. Once inside, Harry discusses his… Read MoreHedwig is killed during the Battle of the Seven Potters• Event
She is hit by a Killing Curse just as the battle begins. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/ehplm-202001-op1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:38 — 3.3MB)Subscribe:… Read MoreHermione Granger• Character
Resourceful, principled and brilliant, Hermione Jean Granger is easily the brightest witch of her generation. She, along with Ron Weasley, is one of Harry Potter’s closest friends. She is also Muggle-born (her parents were dentists – PS12), and so is a living, breathing example of the fallacy of pureblood… Read MoreHestia Jones• Character
Hestia Jones was a new member of the Order of the Phoenix. She was a pink-cheeked, black-haired witch who was part of the Advance Guard that helped Harry in his escape from Privet Drive (OP3), and assigned to escort the Dursleys to safety before Harry’s departure (DH3). … Read MoreHigh Fidelity (or: How does the Fidelius Charm work?)• Podcast Episode
This is the first explanation of the Fidelius Charm we ever encounter in the Harry Potter books. While it might seem satisfactory at first glance, it clearly raises a lot more questions than it answers (as do many other plot elements in Rowling’s saga). Is the charm cast on people, or on a specific location?… Read MoreHilltop• Source
“Why Dumbledore Went to the Hilltop” Short essay in TwitLonger by J.K. Rowling in which Rowling discusses Dumbledore’s motivation for agreeing to meet with his enemy, Snape, on a lonely hilltop after Lily and James were killed. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/ehplm-202001-op1.mp3Podcast:… Read MoreHogwarts High Inquisitor
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Titles, nicknames, and honorifics
Dolores Umbridge was made the first Hogwarts High Inquisitor in history when the Ministry passed Educational Decree Number Twenty-three (OP15). She was given the authority to inspect her fellow teachers and, should they prove lacking, have them sacked. She took the job with relish and clearly enjoyed bullying others. Read MoreHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
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Schools
Hogwarts is one of the world’s finest wizarding schools, located in a massive castle in Scotland. Hogwarts takes students from all over Great Britain, starting at the age of 11. The students leave school after their seventh year. The students at Hogwarts are sorted at the beginning of their first… Read More"Homenum revelio"
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Incantations
Reveals human presence in the target area. https://media.blubrry.com/hplex/media.hp-lexicon.org/podcasts/archive/ehplm-202001-op1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:38 — 3.3MB)Subscribe: RSS… Read MoreHouse-Elves in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows• Podcast Episode
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was a fantastic, satisfying ending to the book series we all know and love. There are so many elements to explore and examine in this work, and here I turn my attention to the house-elves. We were introduced to the creatures in the second book of… Read More