Spells

Taboo • Magical effects When put on a word, anyone who then says that word becomes trackable by the caster; saying the word breaks protective enchantments and causes some kind of magical disturbance. Read More

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

Dancing Feet Spell — "Tarantallegra" • Spells Forces the victim’s legs to do a crazy dance. 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

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

Tergeo — "Tergeo" • Incantations Cleans up the target object or person. Read More

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

Tickling Charm — "Rictusempra" • Spells Causes a person to laugh uncontrollably. See also Tickling Spell (“Titillando”)… Read More

Tickling Spell — "Titillando" • Spells On Pottermore Dueling Club, called the “Tickling Hex” A curse which causes the victim to be tickled. Read More

Time Travel • Magical discipline Time travel is an extremely dangerous magical effect which allows a person to travel back in time. Because of the potential for catastrophe should history be altered, time travel is all but forbidden in wizarding society. Certain magical devices can be used for time travel, but access to them is… Read More

Time-Turner Book Riddles • Magical objects One of the methods that Hermione Granger used on her bookcase inside the Minister for Magic’s office to protect the hidden Experimental Time-Turner. When Scorpius Malfoy, Albus Potter and Delphi illegally enter the Ministry of Magic and sneak into Hermione’s office to find the Time-Turner, they are surprised at… 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

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

Tongue-Tying Curse — "Mimble wimble" • Spells Binds the target’s tongue to keep him or her from talking about some specific subject.  … Read More

The Trace • Magical effects The Trace is the charm that detects magical ability around under-seventeens. 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

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

Transfiguration • Magical discipline 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. The… 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

Transfiguration classroom • Hogwarts castle and grounds This classroom, where McGonagall teaches Transfiguration, was filled with separate desks for each student (CS16). It also had a teacher’s desk (PS8). Its location is unknown, although it is located “miles away” from the third-floor Defence Against the Dark Arts office (OP32). Harry, with Ron and Hermione’s… Read More

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

Trip Jinx • Spells Trips the target. 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

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

Twitchy Ears Hex • Spells The Twitchy Ears Hex causes the ears of the victim to wiggle and twitch uncontrollably. Read More