Devil's Snare
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| Devil's Snare | |
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| Species information | |
| Magical characteristics |
Suffocates whatever touches it, but cannot stand light or fire |
| Usage |
Assassination, guarding valuable objects, or attacking enemies |
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| Native range |
Great Britain (possibly) |
| Natural environment |
Dark and damp |
| Distinction(s) |
Tentacle-like appendages, lethal |
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- Hermione: "Devil's Snare, Devil's Snare...what did Professor Sprout say? - it likes the dark and damp"
- Harry: "So light a fire!"
- Hermione: "Yes - of course - but there's no wood!"
- Ron: "HAVE YOU GONE MAD? ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?"
- Hermione: "Oh, right!"
- — Hermione, Harry, and Ron struggle with Devil's Snare[src]
Devil's Snare is a plant with magical properties. Its power is the ability to constrict or strangle its surrounding environment. Struggling or resistance to Devil's Snare will cause the plant to exert a greater force of constriction.
- "Devil's Snare, Devil's Snare. It's deadly fun, but will sulk in the Sun."
- —Hermione Granger reciting a poem on Devil's Snare[src]
Devil's Snare does not seem common, but certain florists or herbologists have access to it. This plant uses its creepers and tendrils to ensnare anyone who touches it, binding their arms and legs and eventually choking them. The harder a person struggles against Devil's Snare, the more faster and more tightly it binds them; if they relax, it will not kill them as quickly. Devil's Snare prefers a dark, damp environment. It will stop its movement in the environment in front of bright light and will recoil away from the heat of fire, so a well-placed flame spell such as bluebell flames will drive it away from its victims.
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[edit] History
[edit] 1992
In 1991, Professor Sprout placed a large Devil's Snare as the second defence of the Philosopher's Stone, just below the trapdoor guarded by Fluffy. In 1992, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were caught in the plant when they attempted to prevent the theft of the Stone, but were saved by Hermione Granger when she repelled the Devil's Snare with her Bluebell flames.
[edit] 1995-1996
In 1995, Broderick Bode, an Unspeakable working for the Ministry of Magic, was a comatose patient at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, after having been Impuriused into attempting to steal a prophecy from the Department of Mysteries. When Bode began to recover, a Death Eater sent a potted Devil's Snare to the hospital in the guise of a Christmas gift in order to silence him. Healer Miriam Strout apparently mistook the plant for a Flitterbloom, and it asphyxiated Bode.
[edit] 1998
In 1998, during the Battle of Hogwarts, Professor Sprout used Devil's Snare against the attacking Death Eaters.
[edit] Behind the scenes
- In the film version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hermione and Harry are able to escape the Devil's Snare by simply remaining calm. When Ron begins to panic, Hermione saves him by casting Lumos Solem.
[edit] Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
