Creatures

Tadfoal • Creature The young of the Hippocampus is called a Tadfoal. Read More

talon-clipping charm • Spells A charm used for dragon care. Read More

Tarantula • Creature A kind of large, hairy spider. Read More

The Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament • Event Harry swims to rescue Ron from the depths of the lake, where he is being held by merpeople. Hermione is rescued by Viktor Krum. Read More

The First Task of the Triwizard Tournament • Event The champions take it in turn to try to steal a golden egg from the clutches of a different kind of dragon. Harry summons his broom to help him get the egg from his dragon a Hungarian Horntail, and he completes the task in the shortest amount of time. Before… Read More

The Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament • Event The third task is a maze of 20 foot high hedges on the quidditch pitch, with the Triwizard cup placed in the center. The first to reach it will be the winner of the Triwizard tournament. Hagrid and Professors McGonagall, Moody and Flitwick are dispatched as patrollers around the edge… Read More

Teachers hold an emergency staff meeting when Ginny is taken into the Chamber of Secrets • Event Harry and Ron have just figured out what the monster was and where to find the Chamber of Secrets. They run to the staff room but no one is there. A few moments later an emergency staff meeting is called and Harry suggests that they hide in the wardrobe to hear what’s going on… Read More

Tebo • Creature The Tebo is a gray warthog-like creature native to central Africa, capable of becoming invisible at will. Read More

Tebo Hide • Magizoology Tebo hide is a valuable commodity because is can be used effectively for protective shielding (FB). Read More

A teddy bear transfigured • Trivia Ron tells us that “… when I was three, Fred turned my teddy bear into a great big filthy spider because I broke his toy broomstick …” That means that Fred Weasley at age five was able to transfigure a teddy bear into a live spider (CS9). Clever boy! At age… Read More

Tenebrus • Character A Thestral, the first of his herd to be born in the Forbidden Forest and a particular favorite of Hagrid (OP21). Read More

Tennessee • Creatures' homes, lairs, and territories • Regions, counties, and territories State in the eastern US. The mountains and forests of eastern Tennessee are home to the Wampus Cat (Pm). Read More

Thestrals • Creature Thestrals are huge winged horses that are only visible to people who have witnessed death. Description They have white shining eyes, dragonish faces and necks, and skeletal black bodies, and are carnivorous and so attracted to the smell of blood. They have no flesh; their skin clings directly to… Read More

Thiago Quintana • Character American wandmaker (Pm). Read More

Janus Thickey • Character Janus Thickey was a wizard who pretended to have been killed by a Lethifold, only to turn up later living with the Landlady of the Green Dragon (FB). Read More

Thornton Harkaway • Character Thornton Harkaway was President of the Magical Congress of the United States (MACUSA) when it was located in Williamsburg, Virginia (Pm:MACUSA). Read More

Thornton Harkaway is President of MACUSA • Event Harkaway, a flamboyant Virginian, brings the Congress to his home town of Willimasburg. He leaves the Presidency in disgrace, however, after his pack of Crups attack some No-Majs. Read More

Some Thoughts on House-Elves • Article

Posted April 30, 2006 by Douglas Moran in Canon discussion / Essays

“One day,” said Hermione, sounding thoroughly exasperated, “you’ll read Hogwarts, A History, and perhaps that will remind you that you can’t Apparate or Disapparate inside Hogwarts.” (OP23) “Well, he [Dumbledore] can’t have Disapparated!” cried Umbridge. “You can’t inside this school—” (OP27) Quietly, tentatively, Harry spoke into the darkness. “Kreacher?” There was a very… Read More

Thunderbird • Creature Magical North American bird related to the Phoenix which creates storms with thunder and lightning as it flies (Pm).  The large albatross-like wings shimmer with a “cloud and sun-like pattern” that turns black and gold when it senses danger (WFT). Read More

Thunderbird House • Ilvermorny Thunderbird is one of the four houses of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The name was chosen by Chadwick Steward. Thunderbird house stands for the soul of the wizard and is the house for adventurers. Read More

Thaddeus Thurkell • Character Thaddeus Thurkell was the wizard father of seven squib sons, whom he transfigured into hedgehogs out of disgust (FW). Read More

Mr. Tibbles • Character Mr. Tibbles or Tibbles is one of Arabella Figg’s cross-bred Kneazles/cats. He works as a look-out for Mrs. Figg and he watches Harry Potter. He rushes to inform her when Mundungus Fletcher leaves his guard-duty post. Tibbles, like Mrs. Figg’s other Kneazles, can understand human speech (OP2). Read More

Tibet • Place Tibet is a region of southwestern China famous for its beautiful, high mountains and for the spiritual lives and offerings of many of its people.  It is also famous in both the Muggle world and wizarding world for its Yeti – along with the Loch Ness Monster, one of the… Read More

Tilly Toke • Character Recipient of the Order of Merlin First Class as a result of the Ilfracombe dragon attack of 1932. An errant Welsh Green dragon attacked a beach full of sunbathers. Tilly and her family, who were on holiday there, were credited with saving many Muggle lives as well as wiping their… Read More

Timeline: Events of the evening of June 9, 1994 • Timelines and calendars Timeline: Events of the evening of June 9, 1994 is a chart showing the timeline/timetable for the events of 6 June 1994 (PA16, PA17, PA18, PA19, PA20, PA21, PA22). The date shown on the chart of 9 June is a mistake, since the… Read More

Time Line: The End of PA • Article

Posted January 6, 2002 by Hollydaze in Canon discussion

Time Line: The End of PA Chronology of the evening of June 6, 1994 compiled and annotated by Hollydaze Here is a time line of when things could have happened, underneath is an explanation of why I think things happened in this order: I know people will argue… Read More

Times Square • City places • Muggle places • Public places Times Square is a large, public square in Manhattan in New York City, surrounded by Broadway, 7th Ave, 46th, and 47th street. Near the end of Fantastic Beasts, this is one of the locations where Graves encounters the Obscurus. Read More

Tina, Newt, Queenie, and Jacob meet Gnarlak at the Blind Pig • Event They hope to get information from the notorious underworld goblin about the whereabouts of Newt’s missing Demiguise. The meeting is broken up by MACUSA Aurors Apparating into the bar. Read More

Tina takes Newt in to MACUSA headquarters • Event Tina Goldstein arrests Newt Scamander after he uses various spells in the presence of Jacob Kolwalski and fails to Obliviate him — and nearly loses a niffler in the process. No one at MACUSA will listen to her report except Percival Graves, who come down to her tiny office to… Read More

Titus • Character Titus was a Bowtruckle in Newt Scamander’s case (WFT). Read More

Toad • Creature Toads are allowed as pets for students at Hogwarts, but they’re out of fashion, so if you have one, you’re likely to be laughed at for it. Nevertheless, Neville has a toad named Trevor, a gift from an older family member (PS6, Pm), and there are enormous purple… Read More

Tom (Bowtruckle) • Character Tom was a Bowtruckle in Newt Scamander’s case (WFT). Read More

Tom Marvolo Riddle turns the diary into a Horcrux • Event He uses murder of Myrtle in June (BLC) and the knowledge he gained from Slughorn to work the Dark Magic required to turn the diary into a Horcrux (HBP23). Read More

Tom Riddle learns to open the Chamber of Secrets and releases the Basilisk • Event He had first heard about the Chamber of Secrets five years before and had spent that time working out there it could be located and how to enter it. When he finally does open it, he uses Parseltongue to control and release the Basilisk within. A Hogwarts student, Myrtle Warren,… Read More

Tom Riddle gets his yew and phoenix feather wand at Ollivander's • Event Young Tom Marvolo Riddle receives a wand made of yew wood with a phoenix feather core at Ollivander’s before he starts at Hogwarts (PS5). Harry Potter’s holly wand also had a phoenix core, making them “brother wands,” and leading to the Priori Incantatem effect years later in the Little… Read More

Tormentil Tincture • Potion ingredients An alcohol-based concoction made with tormentil, an herb with small yellow flowers. This tincture is used as a potion ingredient to make Doxycide (BoP, Pm). Read More

Tortoise • Creature A tortoise is a land reptile, similar to a turtle, which is protected by a hard shell on its back. Read More

Tracking Spell — "Appare vestigium" • Spells Appare vestigium invokes a tracking spell that “materializes as a swirl of gold, which illuminates traces of recent magical activity.” (CG48).  … Read More

Trailer for the Crimes of Grindelwald is out and it's, well, FANTASTIC! • Article

Posted March 13, 2018 by Steve VanderArk in The Films

The teaser trailer is out and it’s wonderful. We’re given glimpses of oh, so many new places and things — and some well-established things and places as well. First thoughts, in order: We’re back at Hogwarts! It’s great to see that lovely view down Loch Shiel again. Who is… Read More

Self-Transfiguration • Magical discipline Transfiguring oneself, a specialty of students at the African school Uagadou (Pm). Read More

Transfiguration Class • Hogwarts academics Transfiguration is magic which changes one object into another. It is possible to change inanimate objects into animate ones and vice versa. Some Transfiguration spells alter a part of something, such as changing a person’s ears from normal into rabbit ears. At Hogwarts, Transfiguration is taught by Professor McGonagall. Fifty… Read More

Transmogrifian Torture • Magical effects Supposedly something which results in a cat being killed. Read More

Trevor • Character Trevor was Neville’s pet toad, whom he frequently lost during his first year at Hogwarts (PS6). Eventually, Trevor wandered off and joined the other amphibians in and around the Lake (Pm). Trevor was a gift from Neville’s Great Uncle Algie in recognition of the first time Neville showed magical… Read More

The Trio and Neville meet Fluffy in a midnight adventure • Event The trio plus Neville go to meet Draco for the midnight duel in the Trophy Room only to discover that Hermione was in fact correct and it was a trap. The four of them make a run for it, not paying attention to where they are going, and end… 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

Triwizard Tournament • Sports and competitions The Triwizard Tournament is a famous contest between three schools: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Durmstrang Institute, and Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. History It originated some 700 years ago as a friendly competition between the three schools. Each school took turns hosting the Tournament, which took… Read More

Triwizard Tournament disaster • Event The heads of Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang all are injured when, during a Triwizard Tournament event, a cockatrice goes on a rampage. Read More

Trocar • Character J.K. Rowling had notes about a possible vampire teacher at Hogwarts named “Trocar” but the character was discarded fairly early in the writing process. He did not evolve into Snape, in spite of popular fan theories about the Potions Master’s “bat-like” appearance and “unhealthy pallor” (Pm). Read More

Troll Rights Movement • Organizations A pressure group campaigning for greater rights for trolls in the wizarding world (DP2)… Read More

Troll Rights Movement Out of Control • Headlines and advertisements Troll Rights Movement Out of Control is an article on the front page of the Daily Prophet reporting the disruption of a meeting of campaigners for the suppression of trolls (DP2). Spokeswitch for the Troll Rights Movement, Miss Heliotrope Willis, accompanied by troll bodyguards, invaded a anti-troll meeting being… Read More

Trolls • Creature Trolls are large, ponderous, human-like magical creatures who exist on the fringes of wizarding society. There are three types of trolls: mountain, forest, and river (FB).    … Read More

Troll Whisker • Wandmaking A rather unusual wand core, which according to legend was used in Sir Cadogan’s blackthorn wand (Pm). Read More

Tubeworms • Potion ingredients A simple creature used as an ingredient in Potions. Read More

Tufty • Character Tufty was a Kneazle-cat cross owned by Arabella Figg. Tufty was intelligent and could understand human language. Read More

Tumbledown cottage in Yorkshire • Creatures' homes, lairs, and territories This semi-derelict hovel in Yorkshire was where Remus Lupin was living when Albus Dumbledore came to call during the summer of 1993. The Headmaster offered Lupin the job of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, adding that there would be a limitless supply of Wolfsbane Potion, available thanks to Snape… Read More

Adrian Tutley • Character Adrian Tutley was a wizard who lodged a complaint with the International Confederation of Wizards about the Uagadou School Animagi Team. Their performance of “synchronized transforming” astounded the crowd attending an International Symposium of Animagi (Pm: Uagadou). Many older wizards, including Mr. Tutley, “felt threatened by fourteen-year-olds who could turn at… Read More

Twelve Uses of Dragon's Blood • Potion ingredients The “Twelve Uses of Dragon’s Blood” is one of the most important discoveries made by Albus Dumbledore during his lifetime. It was mentioned on his chocolate frog card (PS6) and in an article memorializing him after his death (DH2). One of the uses is oven cleaner (SFC). Another… Read More

Mallory Twiddle • Character Mallory Twiddle wrote a letter to the Daily Prophet, complaining that Gringotts was using Sphinxes to guard its high security vaults (DP1)… Read More

Twin Wand Cores • Wandmaking Two wands that have the same magical substance at the core are said to be twins or brother wands. Read More