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- "'Family,' said Hagrid gloomily. 'Whatever yeh say, blood's important…' And he wiped a trickle of it out of his eye."
- — Hagrid mopes at the Three Broomsticks Inn while suffering injuries caused by Grawp in 1996[src]
Blood is a liquefied substance in some organisms, like humans, that carries oxygen throughout the body. In some creatures, blood was known to possess magical qualities.
Blood in the wizarding world[]
- A weakness payment required blood to be shed. This was needed to access The Cave.[1]
- Blood pact involved the mixing of blood as part of a magical blood oath ritual.[2]
- The blood of a unicorn would keep someone alive, even if they were "an inch from Death".[3] It was also used alongside Nagini's venom to create a rudimentary body for Lord Voldemort's main soul.
- Re'em blood gave the drinkers immense strength for a short period of time.[4]
- The Qilin had blood from which visions could be perceived in.[5]
- Albus Dumbledore was known to have discovered the twelve uses of dragon blood.[6]
- Some creatures, like ghosts and Inferi,[1] had no blood, because they were dead.
- Chicken blood mixed with brandy was fed to baby dragons every half-hour.[7]
- Some wizarding terms and nicknames used the word "blood". They included:
- Severus Snape was known as the "Half-Blood Prince",[8] and invented the curse Sectumsempra,[8] which lacerated the target, causing it to shed much blood.[9] This spell had only been used by two known wizards, including:
- Harry Potter, in 1997, on Draco Malfoy, causing the latter to nearly bleed to death[9] and the former later tried to use it on both the Inferi (which are bloodless)[1] and Snape (who blocked the curse).[8]
- Snape, in 1997, on George Weasley.[10][11] Though meaning to strike down a Death Eater, Snape accidentally severed George's ear off, during the Battle of the Seven Potters.[11]
- The Blood-Replenishing Potion replenished blood lost during an injury.[12]
- The Slytherin student Ismelda Murk claimed to own a jar of dried-up Muggle blood in her third year.[13]
- Verucca Buckthorn-Snyde demanded Jacob's sibling and their companion hand over a body part, such as blood, fingernails or eyes in order for safe passage through Knockturn Alley in the 1988–1989 school year.[14]
- Vampires were dark magical beings that were known to drink blood as their diet, that belonged to the Living Dead.[15] Some were known as blood brothers.[16] Lady Carmilla Sanguina was a vampire who took things a step further and bathed in the blood of her victims, believing it would help her retain her health and beauty.[17]
- Eldred Worple wrote a book known as Blood Brothers: My Life Amongst the Vampires.[16]
- Honeydukes sold blood-flavoured lollipops, supposedly for vampires.[18]
- Dolores Umbridge created and owned a quill that scarred whatever one wrote into one's Flesh, as a dark magical torture device.[19]
- In his fifth year, Harry was scarred by Umbridge's Blood Quill.[19]
- Sometime into the 11th century, the Baron became known as the "Bloody Baron", in the afterlife as a ghost, after he killed Helena Ravenclaw and became covered in her blood.[20]
- In his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry caught Quirinus Quirrell (who was hooded) illegally killing unicorns and drinking their blood for Lord Voldemort[21] in the Forbidden Forest, whilst serving detention in there.[3]
- In 1992, Rubeus Hagrid thought that a Blood-Sucking Bugbear was killing his roosters, which had actually been killed by Ginny Weasley, being possessed by the fragmented soul of Tom Riddle.[22]
- In 1995, the blood of Harry Potter helped in the Return of the Dark Lord.[23]
- During the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, the Gryffindor house point hourglass was shattered by a curse,[8] causing red rubies to flood the floor like blood.[24]
- Voldemort's death, in 1998, was mostly because of Harry's blood in the Dark Lord's veins, making him unable to kill the young wizard.[25]
- An advertisement for the Society for the Tolerance of Vampires published in the Daily Prophet on 8 February 1999 asked for an applicant to run their head office to be willing to quote their blood-type.[26]
Behind the scenes[]
- One of the chapters in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is titled "Flesh, Blood and Bone".
- The title of the sixth Harry Potter book, film, video game, and soundtrack is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
- The Case of Beasts: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Mentioned on a poster)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - The Complete Screenplay
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
- Daily Prophet Newsletters (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore
- Wizarding World (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Mentioned in History of Magic classes)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 26 (The Cave)
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 15 (The Forbidden Forest)
- ↑ Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6 (The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 14 (Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 28 (Flight of the Prince)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 24 (Sectumsempra)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 5 (Fallen Warrior)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 33 (The Prince's Tale)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 22 (St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries)
- ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Chapter 6 (The Letter from No One)
- ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 10 (Knockturn Alley)
- ↑ Pottermore - The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 15 (The Unbreakable Vow)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10 (The Marauder's Map)
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 13 (Detention with Dolores)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 31 (The Battle of Hogwarts)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 17 (The Man with Two Faces)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 11 (The Duelling Club)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 32 (Flesh, Blood and Bone)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 29 (The Phoenix Lament)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 36 (The Flaw in the Plan)
- ↑ Daily Prophet Newsletters, Issue 2