Voldemort casting the Killing Curse after the theft of the cup, one of his Horcruxs.
A curse is one of the seven known spell types and the worst kind of Dark Magic[1]. Curses are used with the intention of causing harm, control, or even death to the victim. Like hexes, Hogwarts students learn only a few of them in school. However, students studying Defence Against the Dark Arts learn how to deal with them using defensive magic.
Most curses can be blocked or lifted by a counter-curse.
List of known curses
A
B
- Babbling Curse
- Blasting Curse (Confringo)
C
Voldemort using the Cruciatus Curse on Harry Potter.
- Cruciatus Curse (Crucio)
- Curse of the Bogies (Mucus ad Nauseam)
- Curse on Marvolo Gaunt's ring
- Cursed barrier
D
E
F
Hermione casting the Full Body-Bind Curse on Neville Longbottom
- Flagrante curse
- Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus)
- Floating Eye Curse
G
- Gemino Curse (Geminio)
- Ghostly head curse
H
- Hair Loss Curse (Calvario)
I
- Imperius Curse (Imperio)
J
- Jelly-Fingers Curse
- Jelly-Legs Curse (Locomotor Wibbly)
K
- Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra)
L
- Leg-Locker Curse (Locomotor Mortis)
- Lycacomia Curse
M
- Morsmordre (curse used to conjure the Dark Mark)
O
R
Ginny Weasley casting the Reductor Curse
S
- Sectumsempra
- Sponge-Knees Curse
- Slug-Vomiting Charm (Slugulus Eructo)
T
- Tongue-Tying Curse (Mimble Wimble)
- Thief's Curse
- Taboo
U
Behind the scenes
- Wizards may have the ability to send curses in the post. This is unconfirmed, but in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire a piece of Hermione Granger's hate mail claimed that it is possible.
- According to W.O.M.B.A.T., it may not be possible to cure a curse victim without the correct counter-curse.
- J. K. Rowling defined curses as "the worst kinds of dark magic".[1]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- 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 Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- Daily PDaily Prophet Newsletters
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter: Spells
- Pottermore