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{{Spell infobox
 
{{Spell infobox
|name=Engorgio Skullus
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|name=''Engorgio Skullus''
|image=[[File:Engorgio_skullus.jpg|250px]]
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|image=[[File:Engorgio skullus.jpg|250px]]
|incantation=''Engorgio Skullus''' (IN-GORE-jee-OH SKU-las)
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|incantation=''Engorgio Skullus''<ref name=l>''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''</ref><br/>(in-GORE-jee-oh SKULL-us)<ref name=l/>
|type=[[Hex]]
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|type=[[Hex]]<ref name=l/>
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|hand=Point [[wand]]<ref name=l/>
|hand=
 
|light=Red
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|light=Green<ref name=l/>
|effect=Swells target's head
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|effect=Swells head<ref name=l/>
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'''''Engorgio Skullus''''' is a [[Hex]]. This spell is used to swell the victim's skull.<ref>''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''</ref> This may be a variation of the [[Engorgement Charm]], as the first word of its incantation is the same.
 
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'''''Engorgio Skullus''''' is the [[incantation]] of a [[hex]] used to swell the skull and surrounding tissue of the victim<ref name=l/>.
==Known Uses==
 
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*This hex might have been used by [[James Potter]] and [[Sirius Black]] against [[Bertram Aubrey]] to inflate his head to twice the normal size.
 
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==Effects==
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This may be a variation of the [[Engorgement Charm]] due to the [[incantation]] for the aforementioned spell being the first part of this incantation. The ''[[Redactum Skullus]]'' [[spell]] can be used to reverse the growth, shrinking the target's head<ref name=l/>.
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==Practitioners==
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*[[James Potter I]]<ref name="HBP">{{HBP}}</ref>
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*[[Sirius Black]]<ref name="HBP"/>
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
 
* The word engorge means "to fill to excess".
 
* The word engorge means "to fill to excess".
 
* The word ''skullus ''is probably an adaptation of the English noun ''skull.''
 
* The word ''skullus ''is probably an adaptation of the English noun ''skull.''
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==See also==
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*''[[Tooth-Growing Spell|Densaugeo]]''
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*''[[Engorgement Charm|Engorgio]]''
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*''[[Redactum Skullus]]''
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*''[[Shrinking Charm|Reducio]]''
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
* ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{Comment|Possibly indirectly mentioned}}
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' {{1st}}
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==

Revision as of 13:03, 14 April 2014

Engorgio Skullus is the incantation of a hex used to swell the skull and surrounding tissue of the victim[1].

Effects

This may be a variation of the Engorgement Charm due to the incantation for the aforementioned spell being the first part of this incantation. The Redactum Skullus spell can be used to reverse the growth, shrinking the target's head[1].

Practitioners

Etymology

  • The word engorge means "to fill to excess".
  • The word skullus is probably an adaptation of the English noun skull.

See also

Appearances

Notes and references