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| + | |effect=Makes the target hover in mid-air<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]</ref> |
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| − | |incantation=''Wingardium Leviosa''<br />''win-GAR-dee-um lev-ee-OH-sa'' |
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| + | {{Quote|Aunt Petunia’s masterpiece of a pudding, the mountain of cream and sugared violets, was floating up near the ceiling. On top of a cupboard in the corner crouched Dobby.|Description.|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}} |
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| + | The '''Hover Charm''' (''incantation unknown'') is one of the many lesser variations of the [[Levitation Charm]]<ref name="WBoS">''[[Wonderbook: Book of Spells]]'' - see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n5prI9L6G8 this video]</ref> which, as such, makes the target hover in mid-air for a brief period of time. |
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| + | ==Uses== |
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| − | The '''Hover Charm''' (''Wingardium Leviosa'') is a [[charm]] used to make objects [[levitation|levitate]] that is taught to [[first year]]s at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].<ref name="PS">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''</ref> |
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| + | *It was used by [[Dobby|Dobby the House-Elf]] in [[1992]], though [[Harry Potter]] was blamed for it. |
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| + | *[[Hermione Granger]] used this [[charm]] in [[1998]] to lift a dresser off of [[Ronald Weasley]] at the [[Lovegood house]]. |
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| − | ==History== |
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| − | [[File:HobartLevitating.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Hobart's first public use of the Hover Charm, on himself, in [[1540s|1544]].]] |
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| − | The Hover Charm was first developed in the [[16th century|sixteenth century]], and [[Jarleth Hobart]] is credited with its creation.<ref name="WonderbookGameDeubt">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFbYrN1bPJg&feature=related "Wonderbook - E3 2012: Game Debut"] from [http://www.youtube.com/user/gametrailers?feature=watch GameTrailers]</ref> |
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| − | On [[16 July]], [[1540s|1544]], Hobart invited a large crowd of wizards, among which was the [[Chief Warlock]] of the [[Wizengamot]], to witness his "maiden flight" — a public demonstration of his own revolutionary charm on himself. He climbed onto the roof of his local church and, after several speeches and a rousing performance of the national anthem he leapt and, having cast the spell, was left hovering in mid-air. At first, he seemed to have succeeded<ref name="WonderbookGameDeubt"/> but, after having spent nearly three minutes watching him hanging in mid-air, the crowd grew impatient to see him move somewhere, and either booed him or threw rotten food at him.<ref name="WonderbookJarieth">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUS79K7jT4Q&feature=related "Sony Wonderbook: A Book of Spells by JK Rowling"] at [http://www.youtube.com/ Youtube]</ref> |
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| − | ==Effects== |
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| − | The Hover Charm appears to be an improvement on both the [[Levitation spell|Levitation]] and ''[[Locomotor]]'' spells, being able to lift objects high in to the air (possibly much higher than ''Levioso'') but also allowing one to magically move them through it as well. It also conveniently defies gravity by lifting objects heavier than a normal person would otherwise be able to carry, as seen when Ron used this on a troll's club, something a First Year Hogwarts student would otherwise never be able to do without Magic. |
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| − | ==Etymology== |
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| − | ''Wingardium'' is a composite word, based on: English ''to wing'' meaning "to fly" (e.g. the plane winged skywards<ref>[http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/wing Wing, definition of]</ref>); ''arduus'' (meaning "high, tall, lofty, steep, proudly elevated"<ref name="The Orb">http://www.the-orb.net/latwords.html Latin word list]</ref><ref>[http://www.online-dictionary.biz/latin/english/meaning/arduus Arduus, meaning of]</ref>) or ''arduum'' (meaning "steep place, the steep"<ref name="The Orb"/><ref>[http://www.online-dictionary.biz/latin/english/meaning/arduum Arduum, meaning of]</ref>); and the common Latin ending ''-ium''. ''Leviosa'' probably derives from Latin ''levo'', meaning to "raise, lift up", or ''levis'', meaning light (of weight)<ref name="The Orb"/><ref>[http://www.online-dictionary.biz/latin/english/meaning/levis Levis, meaning of</ref>. Altogether, therefore, the incantation could best be read as "lift up high". |
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| − | ==Known uses and practitioners== |
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| − | [[File:Wingardiumleviosa.jpg|thumb|left|[[Hermione Granger]] casting the charm in her first year]] |
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| − | |[[Hobart]] |
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| − | *[[1540s|1544]] |
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| − | *First public usage of the spell. Hobart used it on himself as he leapt from the roof of a church, remaining suspended in mid-air before a crowd of fellow wizards who had gathered there to watch his new spell. |
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| − | |[[Harry Potter]] |
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| − | *[[1992]] |
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| − | *[[1996]] |
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| − | *[[1997]] |
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| − | *Harry was blamed for using this charm when it was actually [[Dobby]]. |
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| − | *He used this charm to [[levitation|levitate]] two cakes containing [[Sleeping Draught]] in [[1992]].<ref name="CSf">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''</ref> |
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| − | *During the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, He used the hover charm to let the brains in the Thought Chamber fly. |
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| − | *During the [[Battle of the Seven Potters]], he used this charm to prevent the sidecar he was riding in from plummeting to the ground after it is separated from [[Sirius Black's motorcycle]]. |
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| − | |[[Hermione Granger]] |
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| − | *[[1991]] |
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| − | *[[1997]] |
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| − | *[[1998]] |
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| − | *She was the first student in her [[Charms (class)|Charms class]] to master this spell. At the same time she tried to instruct [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] on the correct pronunciation of the incantation, much to his annoyance.<ref name="PS"/> |
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| − | *She also used this spell in [[December]] of [[1997]] to levitate an unconscious [[Harry Potter]] onto his bed after he was attacked by [[Nagini]]. |
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| − | *In [[1998]] she used this spell to free [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] from wreckage in [[Xenophilius Lovegood]]'s [[Lovegood House|house]] after an [[Erumpent horn]] exploded. |
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| − | |[[Lee Jordan]] |
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| − | |[[1996]] |
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| − | |He used this charm to levitate [[Niffler|nifflers]] into [[Dolores Umbridge|Dolores Umbridge's]] office to irritate her. Although, in the end, Hagrid got blamed for it. |
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| − | |[[Severus Snape|Professor Snape]] |
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| − | |[[October]] [[1996]] |
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| − | |He used this charm so that he could examine a [[Opal necklace|cursed necklace]] without touching it. |
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| − | |[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] |
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| − | *[[1991]] |
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| − | *[[1998]] |
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| − | *He used this spell to defeat a [[troll]] which [[Professor]] [[Quirinus Quirrell]] had released into the school on [[Hallowe'en]] of [[1991]].<ref name="PS"/> |
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| − | *In [[1998]], he used this spell on a twig to move it into position in order to press the knot on [[Whomping Willow]] that freezes it. <ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 32 (''The Elder Wand'')</ref> |
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| − | |[[Xenophilius Lovegood]] |
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| − | |[[1998]] |
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| − | |He used this spell in the attempt to clear the wreckage that was on his staircase in order to apprehend [[Harry Potter]] during the [[Ambush at the Lovegood House|confrontation]] at [[Lovegood House|his house]] in [[1998]].<ref name="DH">[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]</ref> |
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| − | ===Other practitioners=== |
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| − | *[[Colin Creevey]] <ref name="OOTPvg"/> |
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| − | *[[Dean Thomas]] <ref name="OOTPvg"/> |
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| − | *[[Filius Flitwick]] |
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| − | *[[Fred Weasley]] <ref name="OOTPvg"/> |
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| − | *[[George Weasley]] <ref name="OOTPvg"/> |
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| − | *[[Katie Bell]] <ref>[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Luna Lovegood]] <ref name="OOTPvg"/> |
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| − | *[[Quirinus Quirrell]]<ref>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)</ref> |
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| − | *[[Sirius Black]] <ref name="OOTPvg">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]''</ref> |
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==Behind the scenes== |
==Behind the scenes== |
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| + | *Although this spell and ''[[Levitation Charm|Wingardium Leviosa]]'' are seemingly the same spell, they are not. The Hover Charm makes the target hover, statically, whereas ''Wingardium Leviosa'' makes objects fly, the caster having some degree of control of where they fly to. |
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| − | *The fictional character [[Babbitty]] may have used this spell to levitate a horse.<ref>[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]</ref> |
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+ | *''[[Pottermore]]'' seems to give the spell a time limit; perhaps house-elves can only cast it for a certain amount of time before tiring, or perhaps the spell truly will only last fourteen seconds; the cause, however, is at present unknown. |
| + | *This spell and ''[[Levitation Spell|Levioso]]'' have curiously similar effects; it may be that the two are the same, or potential variants. |
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| − | *As a homage to the scene in the movie, the PC version of [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]] had feathers flying out of the wand when the spell was used. |
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| + | *In the film, Dobby moves the cake from the table over to [[Mason's wife]]'s head, where he dumps it. Hence, he was probably using a [[Levitation Charm]] or [[Locomotion Charm]]. |
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| − | *A potential variation of this spell is [[Alarte Ascendare]], used by [[Gilderoy Lockhart]] to unintentionally send a [[snake]] flying into the air. |
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| − | *This may have been the spell that [[William Weasley|Bill]] and [[Charles Weasley|Charlie Weasley]] used to levitate the tables and have a fight with them. |
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| − | *The first question of the [[1995]] Theory of Charms exam required students to give the incantation and wand movement for a Hover Charm. |
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| − | *In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'', ''[[Mending Charm|Reparo]]'' is not present, ''Wingardium Leviosa'' is used instead as repairing charm. It levitates broken [[LEGO Harry Potter|LEGO pieces]] to form a new or previous object. |
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| − | *Although this spell canonically produces no visible effects (apart from its actual spell effect of levitation) - a possible sign of its simplicity - it sometimes does in other HP media. For example, in [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]] the spell connects objects and wand via a yellow stream of light continually released from the wand tip whereas in [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]] (GBA version) a blue orb of magical energy is shot at the target. In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' a pink glow appears around the object and levitates it. |
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| − | *In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' the Hover charm is also a double up of the [[Cruciatus Curse]] for [[Death Eaters]]. It works the same way as the Hover Charm by lifting it's victim off the ground, but instead it causes them to writhe and scream. |
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| − | *This spell is Warwick Davis's favourite line.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3FP-nmkFL0&feature=relmfu</ref> |
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==Appearances== |
==Appearances== |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the |
+ | *''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{1st}}. |
| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the |
+ | *''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]].'' |
| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the |
+ | *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]].'' |
| − | *''[[Harry Potter |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]] {{Comment|GBA version only}}'' |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]'' {{Comment|GBA version only}} |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)]]'' |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]'' |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]'' |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]'' |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]'' |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)]]'' |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' |
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| − | *''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' |
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| − | *''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]'' |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter: Spells]]'' |
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| − | *''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]'' |
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==Notes and references== |
==Notes and references== |
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Revision as of 04:20, 16 April 2014
- "Aunt Petunia’s masterpiece of a pudding, the mountain of cream and sugared violets, was floating up near the ceiling. On top of a cupboard in the corner crouched Dobby."
- — Description.[src]
The Hover Charm (incantation unknown) is one of the many lesser variations of the Levitation Charm[3] which, as such, makes the target hover in mid-air for a brief period of time.
Uses
- It was used by Dobby the House-Elf in 1992, though Harry Potter was blamed for it.
- Hermione Granger used this charm in 1998 to lift a dresser off of Ronald Weasley at the Lovegood house.
Behind the scenes
- Although this spell and Wingardium Leviosa are seemingly the same spell, they are not. The Hover Charm makes the target hover, statically, whereas Wingardium Leviosa makes objects fly, the caster having some degree of control of where they fly to.
- Pottermore seems to give the spell a time limit; perhaps house-elves can only cast it for a certain amount of time before tiring, or perhaps the spell truly will only last fourteen seconds; the cause, however, is at present unknown.
- This spell and Levioso have curiously similar effects; it may be that the two are the same, or potential variants.
- In the film, Dobby moves the cake from the table over to Mason's wife's head, where he dumps it. Hence, he was probably using a Levitation Charm or Locomotion Charm.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance).
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film).
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game.
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4.
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells (Mentioned only).
- Pottermore.