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{{Conjecture}}
 
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|name = Hand-held flames
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|image = Handflame.png
|name=Hand-held flames
 
 
|incantation =
|image=[[File:Handflame.png|250px]]
 
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|type = [[Conjuration]]<ref name="POA5"/>
|incantation=
 
 
|hand =
|type=[[Charm]]
 
 
|light = [[Fire]]<ref name="POA5"/>
|hand=
 
 
|effect = [[Conjuration|Produces]] [[Fire|flames]] that could be held in one's hand<ref name="POA5"/>
|light=Fire<ref name="POA"/>
 
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|creator =
|effect=Produces flames that can be held in one's hand<ref name="POA"/>
 
 
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{{Quote|Professor Lupin appeared to have woken up at last. Harry could hear movements in his corner. None of them spoke. There was a soft, crackling noise, and a shivering light filled the compartment. Professor Lupin appeared to be holding a handful of flames. They illuminated his tired, gray face, but his eyes looked alert and wary.|Professor Lupin uses this spell.|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
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{{Quote|There was a soft, crackling noise, and a shivering light filled the compartment. Professor Lupin appeared to be holding a handful of flames.|Professor Lupin uses this spell|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
This [[spell]] was used to [[Conjuration|conjure]] flames that could be held in one's hand without burning them.<ref name="POA">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''</ref>
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This unnamed '''[[spell]]''' {{Incantation unknown}} was used to [[Conjuration|conjure]] [[Fire|flames]] that could be held in one's hand without burning them.<ref name="POA5">{{POA|B|5}}</ref> It is also possible that it simply did not burn anyone, as it’s only use was shown to be as a means to create light.
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==Uses==
 
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==History==
[[Professor]] [[Remus Lupin]] used this spell on the [[Hogwarts Express]] on [[1 September]], [[1993]] when the train was darkened by the presence of the [[Dementor]]s of [[Azkaban]].<ref name="POA"/>
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[[Professor]] [[Remus Lupin]] used this spell on the [[Hogwarts Express]] on [[1 September]], [[1993]] to create light when the train was darkened by the presence of the [[Dementor]]s of [[Azkaban]].<ref name="POA5" />
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==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*This may be the same as the [[bluebell flames]] spell [[Hermione Granger]] is so well at using, or else a related spell.
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*This may be the same as the [[Bluebell Flames]] spell [[Hermione Granger]] was so adept at using, or else a related spell.
*It may also simply be the [[Fire-Making Spell]], with a [[Flame-Freezing Charm]] put on it.
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*It may also simply be the [[Fire-Making Spell]] with a [[Flame-Freezing Charm]] put on it, used wandlessly.
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==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*{{POA}} {{1st}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' {{1st}}
 
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*{{PM}}
*''[[Pottermore]]''
 
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*{{WW}}
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==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
 
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[[de:Tragbare Flammen]]
[[Category:Charms]]
 
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[[de2:Tragbare Flammen]]
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[[Category:Conjurations]]
 
[[Category:Fire]]
 
[[Category:Fire-based magic]]
 
[[Category:Fire-based magic]]
 
[[Category:Spells of unknown incantation]]
 
[[Category:Spells of unknown incantation]]
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[[Category:Spells with a light]]
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[[Category:Transfiguration spells]]
 
[[Category:Unidentified spells]]
 
[[Category:Unidentified spells]]

Latest revision as of 15:04, 26 January 2024

"There was a soft, crackling noise, and a shivering light filled the compartment. Professor Lupin appeared to be holding a handful of flames."
— Professor Lupin uses this spell[src]

This unnamed spell (incantation unknown) was used to conjure flames that could be held in one's hand without burning them.[1] It is also possible that it simply did not burn anyone, as it’s only use was shown to be as a means to create light.

History

Professor Remus Lupin used this spell on the Hogwarts Express on 1 September, 1993 to create light when the train was darkened by the presence of the Dementors of Azkaban.[1]

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 5 (The Dementor)