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{{Spell infobox
 
{{Spell infobox
|name=Liberacorpus
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|name=''Liberacorpus''
|incantation=LIB-er-ah-cor-pus
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|incantation=''Liberacorpus''<br/>(lib-ER-A-cor-pus)
 
|type=[[Counter-spell]]
 
|type=[[Counter-spell]]
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|hand=Jerk wand upwards<ref name="OOTP">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''</ref>
|hand=
 
|effect=Counteracts [[Levicorpus]]
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|effect=Counteracts ''[[Levicorpus]]''
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|light=None<ref name="OOTP"/>
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|creator=[[Severus Snape]] ([[1977]]/[[1978]])
 
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{{Quote|...he jerked his wand upwards; Snape fell into a crumpled heap on the ground.|[[James Potter I|James Potter]] casts this spell on Snape in their youth.|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
'''Liberacorpus''' is the [[counter-curse]] for [[Levicorpus]]. <ref name="NCW">It is not clear why [[Levicorpus]] has a specific counter-spell and is not neutralised by simply using [[Finite Incantatem]], although this could be due to the fact that [[Severus Snape]] invented the spell and therefore made it irreversible except by its specific [[counter-curse]].</ref>
 
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'''''Liberacorpus''''' is the incantation for the [[counter-curse]] to ''[[Levicorpus]]''.<ref name="HBP">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''</ref>
   
 
==Known uses==
 
==Known uses==
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*[[James Potter I|James Potter]] cast this to reverse the ''Levicorpus'' jinx he'd cast on [[Severus Snape|Snape]] earlier, due to [[Lily Evans|Lily]]'s request for him to do so.
[[Harry Potter]] used the spell in [[1996]] to counteract the [[Levicorpus]] [[spell]] he inadvertently cast on [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]. He used the spell again in 1998 to counteract the Levicorpus spell Hermione Granger cast on him once he took hold of the Hufflepuff's Cup during the trio's Gringott's raid.
 
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*His son, [[Harry Potter]], used the spell in [[1996]] to counteract the ''Levicorpus'' [[spell]] he inadvertently cast on [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]].
 
*Harry used the spell again in [[1998]] to counteract the Levicorpus spell [[Hermione Granger]] cast on him once he took hold of the [[Hufflepuff's Cup]] during the trio's Gringott's raid.
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
Liberacorpus' name comes from the Latin words liberare, "to free," and corpus, "body."
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''Liberacorpus'' name comes from the Latin words ''[[liberare]]'', "to free," and ''corpus'', "body."
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{1st}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' {{1st}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{1st ID}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
   
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[[fr:Liberacorpus]]
 
[[fr:Liberacorpus]]
 
[[ru:Либеракорпус]]
 
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[[pl:Liberacorpus]]
 
[[Category:Spells invented by Severus Snape]]
 
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[[Category:Spells with Incantations of Latin Origin]]
 
[[Category:Spells with Incantations of Latin Origin]]

Revision as of 23:06, 5 July 2014

"...he jerked his wand upwards; Snape fell into a crumpled heap on the ground."
James Potter casts this spell on Snape in their youth.[src]

Liberacorpus is the incantation for the counter-curse to Levicorpus.[2]

Known uses

Etymology

Liberacorpus name comes from the Latin words liberare, "to free," and corpus, "body."

Appearances

Notes and references