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{{Spell infobox
 
{{Spell infobox
 
|name=''Liberacorpus''
 
|name=''Liberacorpus''
|incantation=''Liberacorpus''<br/>(LIB-er-ah-cor-pus)<ref name="HBP"/>
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|incantation=''Liberacorpus''<br/>(lib-ER-A-cor-pus)
 
|type=[[Counter-spell]]
 
|type=[[Counter-spell]]
 
|hand=Jerk wand upwards<ref name="OOTP">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''</ref>
 
|hand=Jerk wand upwards<ref name="OOTP">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''</ref>
 
|effect=Counteracts ''[[Levicorpus]]''
 
|effect=Counteracts ''[[Levicorpus]]''
 
|light=None<ref name="OOTP"/>
 
|light=None<ref name="OOTP"/>
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|creator=[[Severus Snape]] ([[1977]]/[[1978]])
 
}}
 
}}
{{Quote|...he jerked his wand upwards; Snape fell into a crumpled heap on the ground.|Potter casts this spell on Snape in their youth.|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
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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 incantation for the [[counter-curse]] to ''[[Levicorpus]]''.<ref name="HBP">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''</ref>
 
'''''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==
*[[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.
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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. [[File:Severus-Snape-Wallpaper-hogwarts-professors-32797169-1024-768.jpg|thumb|Severus Snape, the creator]]
*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.
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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]].
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*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==
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[[es:Liberacorpus]]
 
[[fr:Liberacorpus]]
 
[[fr:Liberacorpus]]
 
[[ru:Либеракорпус]]
 
[[ru:Либеракорпус]]
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[[pl:Liberacorpus]]
 
[[Category:Spells invented by Severus Snape]]
 
[[Category:Spells invented by Severus Snape]]
 
[[Category:Spells with Incantations of Latin Origin]]
 
[[Category:Spells with Incantations of Latin Origin]]

Revision as of 18:37, 2 November 2015

"...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