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Draught of Living Death

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Draught of Living Death
Potion information
Effect

Causes the drinker to fall into a deep, death-like slumber

Characteristics

Clear as water when completed

Difficulty level

Advanced

Known ingredients
Behind the scenes
First appearance

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Mentioned only)

Latest appearance

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Draught of Living Death is an extremely powerful sleeping potion. It sends the drinker into a deep trance that mimics the state of death. Ingredients needed are wormwood, asphodel, valerian roots, sloth brain, and a single Sopophorous bean.

The potion should resemble a smooth, black currant-coloured liquid at the halfway stage; it should then turn a light shade of lilac, then clear as water, after you stir the potion counter-clockwise seven times. However, stirring the potion counter-clockwise seven times and clockwise once, as directed by the Half-Blood Prince, had apparently a much stronger effect.[2]

The Wiggenweld Potion is capable of reversing the effects of the Draught. The Hag Leticia Somnolens used the Draught in an attempt to kill a princess who made her jealous. A prince who placed Wiggenweld Potion on his lips revived the princess with a kiss.

[edit] Behind the scenes

  • The Draught of Living Death is briefly mentioned in 1991, however, Potions students create it in 1996. The potion was never really used.
  • It is most likely based off of the potion Juliet Capulet used to fake her death in the Muggle story Romeo and Juliet.
  • The story of the princess was based on Sleeping Beauty.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
  2. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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