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Hares are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus.[1] It was a possible corporeal form of the Patronus Charm.[2]

History[]

On 1 September 1993, after the Dementor incident on the Hogwarts Express, the wrapper of the chocolate bar Remus Lupin handed out had a pattern of three conjoined hares as its design.[3]

The Patronus of Luna Lovegood was a hare; she first conjured it late in her fourth year during the lessons taken by Dumbledore's Army, taught by Harry Potter in 1996[4] and employed in the Battle of Hogwarts on 2 May 1998.[5]

Nymphadora Tonks also had a hare patronus, specifically in the form of a Jack Rabbit,[6] until her growing love for Remus Lupin in 1996 resulted in it changing to a wolf.[7]

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Notes and references[]

  1. WP favicon Hare on Wikipedia
  2. Pottermore (see this image)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 5 (The Dementor) (Illustrated Edition)
  4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
  5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 32 (The Elder Wand)
  6. Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Patronus Charm" at Wizarding World
  7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 8 (Snape Victorious)
  8. WP favicon Three hares on Wikipedia
  9. Wiktionary favicon somnus on Wiktionary
  10. Latin Definition for: leporinus, leporina, leporinum at Latin Dictionary and Grammar Resources - Latdict
  11. Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals (Vol. 2 of 2), by Angelo De Gubernatis—The Project Gutenberg eBook (p.80-81) - "The moon is the watcher of the sky, that is to say, she sleeps with her eyes open; so also does the hare, whence the somnus leporinus became a proverb."
  12. Chapter Five Opener | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – creepy scrawlers ltd. - [...] "The Eye in the centre of the wrapper and the latin inscription refers to the connection between the hare and the moon (the moon was the ‘watcher of the sky’ and never slept, and the hare was believed to also rest with eyes open, and be ever watchful). This all underlines the strange healing/protective nature of chocolate when recovering from the effects of a Dementor, and the connection between the giver of the chocolate (Lupin) and the Moon."
  13. Harry Potter: A Magical Year, The Illustrations of Jim Kay‎‎
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