Sliding Spell

Sliding Spell

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Glisseo
Incantation	Glisseo (GLISS-ee-oh, gliss-SAY-oh)
Type	Spell
Effect	Flattens stairs treads, creating a slide.

Glisseo is a spell that causes the treads of stairs to flatten, turning the stairs into a slide.

Etymology

From French Glisser, meaning "to slip/slide".

History of use

Hermione Granger used this spell to turn a staircase into a slide during the Battle of Hogwarts so that she, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley could avoid attacking Death Eaters.

Possible uses

• It is most likely that this is also the spell transforms the stairs of the girls dormitories at Hogwarts to prevent boys from entering, as the effects (when a boy tries to walk up the girls' stairs) are exactly the same.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows