Books and Writing

The Tale of the Three Brothers • Books and Literature “The Tale of the Three Brothers” is one of the stories in the book “Tales of Beedle the Bard“, which was left to Hermione by Albus Dumbledore in his will (DH7), and is the original source of the Deathly Hallows legend (DH21). Read More

The Tales of Beedle the Bard • Books and Literature The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a 15th-century collection of bedtime stories written for young wizards and witches. The tales were originally written in ancient runes and included such memorable stories as “The Tale of the Three Brothers,” “Babbity Rabbity and Her Cackling Stump,” “The Wizard’s Hairy Heart,” and “The… Read More

Tangwystl (Goshawk?) • Character Tangwystl is mentioned as a sister to the famous Miranda Goshawk, who used the Bat-Bogey Hex on Tangwystl when she wanted to quiet her so she could do her homework. (BoS)… Read More

TBB: The Tales of Beedle the Bard (book) • Source ‘Translated from the original runes by J. K. Rowling’ The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of wizarding fairy tales, originally discussed in Deathly Hallows (DH21) and eventually hand-written and illustrated by Rowling. One of the seven copies Rowling created was sold at auction 13 December… Read More

Textbooks • Article

Posted November 8, 2001 by Lisa Inman in Canon discussion / Essays

Updates by Michelle Worley The Booklist Every year Hogwarts students receive book lists in the post, telling them which textbooks they will require for the year. First years get the longest list, presumably because some of the books last them the whole seven-year course of their study. Here is a… Read More

Theories of Transubstantial Transfiguration • Books and Literature Theories of Transubstantial Transfiguration was a scholarly Transfiguration book. Read More

New Theory of Numerology • Books and Literature Arithmancy book. Read More

Thief's Curse • Spells An unspecified bit of nastiness which can be cast on someone who steals something. Read More

Thinking up the name for Quidditch • Quote I like inventing names. Quidditch — the name Quidditch — it took me ages to find the right name for it, took me about two days and I’ve still got the notebook I did it in and you can see Quidditch at the bottom of the last page of this… Read More

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi • Books and Literature One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi is a standard reference book about magical plants for potioneers. Read More

The time the US editors screwed up a Harry Potter book • Article

Posted June 20, 2014 by Steve VanderArk in Canon discussion

Way back in the late 90s, the Harry Potter books came out in Britain first, long before the US editions. In fact, it took a whole year for Philosopher's Stone to be Transfigured into Sorcerer's Stone. During that year, the editors at Scholastic changed a lot more than the title. They replaced a lot of British terms which they assumed would confuse American readers. In some cases, I guess they were probably right. Many Americans would have no idea what a "bobble hat" or a "packet of crisps" was, and in the U.S. a "jumper" Read More

Timeline Facts and Questions • Article

Posted August 23, 2003 by Steve VanderArk in Canon discussion / Essays

One of the more interesting mysteries about the Harry Potter universe is when the stories in the books take place. There have been a lot of discussions and debates about this subject and some fans have done amazingly detailed research trying to determine the years involved. This page presents some… Read More

Toadstool Tales • Books and Literature The Toadstool Tales is a series of children’s books. This series is now banned in the wizarding world because they have been found to cause nausea, sometimes to the point of actual vomiting (FW). Some of the Tales were re-workings of original tales by Beedle the Bard designed to… Read More

Today1 • Source First part of the post-DH interview on the Today Show (NBC) Source: MSNBC Interviewer: Meredith Vieira Context: This was one of the first interviews after the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, so Jo could finally answer some questions she was reluctant to answer before. Read More

Today2 • Source Second part of the post-DH interview on the Today Show (NBC) Source: MSNBC Interviewer: Meredith Vieira Context: This was one of the first interviews after the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, so Jo could finally answer some questions she was reluctant to… Read More

toenail-growing hex • Spells Causes the target’s toenails to grow alarmingly fast. Read More

Tragic Gaelic poem written about the game of Creaothceann • Event The poem tells of twelve men playing a round of Creaothceann during which “…ten of their number were fated to die.”… Read More

Transfiguration Today • Publications “Transfiguration Today” is one of several ‘trade’ magazines in the wizarding world. This magazine has international readership, and it has been around for decades. Tina and Queenie Goldstein had this magazine, along with The Witch’s Friend and Witch Chat, in their apartment (WFT). “The Magazine that Changes Lives”, according to their advertisement in the… Read More

Travels With Trolls • Books and Literature Supposedly autobiographical tales of bravery and skill out in the dangerous world. Read More

The trio notices Snape limping when he takes Harry's copy of Quidditch Through the Ages • Event Harry, Hermione and Ron are standing in the Hogwarts Courtyard on a cold November day, staying warm with a jar full of Bluebell Flames. Snape approaches and they notice he is limping. He tells Harry that library books are not allowed out-of-doors, and takes away Quidditch Through the… Read More

The Trio are surprised to see Hagrid in the Library, looking for books about raising dragons • Event When they let on that they know about Nicolas Flamel, the Philosopher’s Stone, and Fluffy, Hagrid tells them to come to his hut later and he’d tell them more about it. Read More

Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches • Books and Literature A guide for a young wizard to impress the witch of his dreams. According to one reader, the book “[e]xplains everything you need to know about girls.” The Weasley twins gave Ron a copy of this, and Ron in turn gave Harry a copy for his seventeenth birthday, saying it was “pure… Read More