Harry Potter Wiki
Register
Harry Potter Wiki
No edit summary
(+pl)
Tag: sourceedit
(17 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
  +
{{Pottermore}}
 
{{Spell infobox
 
{{Spell infobox
 
|name=Locomotion Charm
 
|name=Locomotion Charm
 
|image=
 
|image=
  +
|incantation=''Locomotor''<ref name="OP3">{{OOTP}} - Chapter 3 (''The Advance Guard'')</ref><ref name="PM">''[[Pottermore]]'' - [http://www.pottermore.com/en/book5/chapter26/moment1/locomotion-charm From the Story: Locomotion Charms]</ref><br/>(LOH-koh-moh-tor)<ref name="OP3"/>
|incantation=
 
|type=[[Charm]]
+
|type=[[Charm]]<ref name="OP3"/>
  +
|hand=Raise wand<ref name="OP3"/>
|hand=
 
|light=
+
|light=None<ref name="OP3"/>
|effect=
+
|effect=Moves target<ref name="OP3"/>
  +
|creator=
 
}}
 
}}
{{Quote|Meanwhile, Ron was reading two years' worth of Charms notes with his fingers in his ears, his lips moving soundlessly; Seamus Finnigan was lying flat on his back on the floor, reciting the definition of a Substantive Charm while Dean checked it against ''The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 5''; and Parvati and Lavender, who were practicing basic Locomotion Charms, were making their pencil-cases race each other around the edge of the table.|Description.|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
 
A '''Locomotion Charm''' (''incantation unknown'') is a [[spell]] used to give inanimate objects the ability to change their location via a self-powered motion. Locomotion Charms are "basic" and are supposed to have been mastered by [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]]-year at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].<ref name="OP31">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' - Chapter 31 (''O.W.L.s'')</ref>
 
   
  +
The '''Locomotion Charm'''<ref name="OP31">{{OOTP}} - Chapter 31 (''OWLs'')</ref> (''Locomotor''<ref name="OP3"/><ref name="PM"/>) is a [[charm]] that enables a [[Wizardkind|witch or wizard]] to lift the target a few inches off of the ground and then move said object in any given direction<ref name="OP3"/>.
  +
==Known uses==
  +
  +
{| class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%"
  +
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
  +
! align="center" width="20%" |Caster(s)
  +
! align="center" width="20%" |Dates
  +
! align="center" width="60%" |Notes
  +
|-
  +
|[[Flitwick]]
  +
|[[1995-1996 school year]]
  +
|Flitwick used ''Locomotor'' trunks to move [[Trelawney]]'s blongings back up the main staircase, back to her lodgings
  +
|-
  +
|[[Nymphadora Tonks]]
  +
|[[5 August]], 1995
  +
|Tonks used Locomotor Trunk to move Harry's trunk downstairs before flying off to Grimmauld Place
  +
|-
  +
|[[Lavender Brown]]
  +
|June 1996
  +
|Practiced this charm while studying for her [[O.W.L.s]]
  +
|-
  +
|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
  +
|[[2 May]], [[1998]]
  +
|McGonagall used ''[[Piertotum Locomotor]]'' to animate the statues and suits of armour, sending them into the [[Battle of Hogwarts]].
  +
|}
 
==Known practitioners==
 
==Known practitioners==
*[[Parvati Patil]]<ref name="OP31"/>
+
*[[Filius Flitwick]]<ref name="OP26">{{OOTP}} - Chapter 26 (''Seen and Unforeseen'')</ref>
  +
*[[Fred Weasley]]<ref name="OP10">{{OOTP}} - Chapter 10 (''Luna Lovegood'')</ref>
  +
*[[George Weasley]]<ref name="OP10"/>
 
*[[Lavender Brown]]<ref name="OP31"/>
 
*[[Lavender Brown]]<ref name="OP31"/>
  +
*[[Nymphadora Tonks]]<ref name="OP3"/>
  +
*[[Parvati Patil]]<ref name="OP31"/>
  +
  +
==Etymology==
  +
The [[incantation]] is derived from [[Latin]] "''loco''" meaning "''place''" or "''set down''"<ref name="loco">See [http://translate.google.ca/#la/en/loco this translation], courtesy of Google Translate.</ref>, and "''moto''" meaning "''moving about''" or "''keep moving''"<ref name="moto">See [http://translate.google.ca/#la/en/moto this translation], courtesy of Google Translate.</ref>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' {{1st}}
+
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
  +
*''[[Pottermore]]''
  +
  +
==See also==
  +
*''[[Leg-Locker Curse|Locomotor Mortis]]''
  +
*''[[Jelly-Legs Curse|Locomotor Wibbly]]''
  +
*''[[Locomotor Bellows]]''
  +
*''[[Piertotum Locomotor]]''
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
Line 22: Line 61:
   
 
{{Charms}}
 
{{Charms}}
  +
  +
[[es:Encantamiento locomotor]]
  +
[[fr:Charme de Locomotion]]
  +
[[pl:Locomotor]]
 
[[Category:Charms]]
 
[[Category:Charms]]
[[Category:Spells of unknown incantation]]
+
[[Category:Spells with Incantations of Latin Origin]]
  +
[[Category:Spells of known incantation]]

Revision as of 20:03, 9 October 2015

The Locomotion Charm[3] (Locomotor[1][2]) is a charm that enables a witch or wizard to lift the target a few inches off of the ground and then move said object in any given direction[1].

Known uses

Caster(s) Dates Notes
Flitwick 1995-1996 school year Flitwick used Locomotor trunks to move Trelawney's blongings back up the main staircase, back to her lodgings
Nymphadora Tonks 5 August, 1995 Tonks used Locomotor Trunk to move Harry's trunk downstairs before flying off to Grimmauld Place
Lavender Brown June 1996 Practiced this charm while studying for her O.W.L.s
Minerva McGonagall 2 May, 1998 McGonagall used Piertotum Locomotor to animate the statues and suits of armour, sending them into the Battle of Hogwarts.

Known practitioners

Etymology

The incantation is derived from Latin "loco" meaning "place" or "set down"[6], and "moto" meaning "moving about" or "keep moving"[7]

Appearances

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 3 (The Advance Guard)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Pottermore - From the Story: Locomotion Charms
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 31 (OWLs)
  4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 26 (Seen and Unforeseen)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 10 (Luna Lovegood)
  6. See this translation, courtesy of Google Translate.
  7. See this translation, courtesy of Google Translate.
Charms (class)
PS Wingardium Leviosa feather
Charm-book writers and developers
Blagdon Blay · Daisy Pennifold · Delfina Crimp · Miranda Goshawk · Jarleth Hobart · Basil Horton · Helixa Hyslop · Syna Hyslop · Randolph Keitch · Levina Monkstanley · Orabella Nuttley · Mnemone Radford · Scarpin · Elliot Smethwyck · Felix Summerbee · Violeta Stitch
Professors Fortinbras · Filius Flitwick · Abraham Ronen · Unidentified male professor · Unidentified medieval professor
Textbooks Achievements in Charming · Extreme Incantations · Quintessence: A Quest · The Standard Book of Spells
Charms studied at Hogwarts
Anti-Alohomora Charm · Ascension Charm (Ascendio) · Banishing Charm (Depulso) · Blackboard Writing Spell · Blue sparks · Bombardment Spell (Bombarda) · Box Blasting Charm (Cistem Aperio) · Bubble-Head Charm · Cheering Charm · Cleaning Charm · Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Confundus Charm (Confundo) · Counter-charm for hiccoughs · Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra) · Descendo · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Disillusionment Charm · Drought Charm · Entrancing Enchantments (theoretically) · Eradication Spell (Deletrius) · Engorgement Charm (Engorgio) · Extinguishing Spell · Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Freezing Charm (Immobulus) · Freezing Spell (Glacius) · Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus) · General Counter-Spell (Finite Incantatem) · Gouging Spell (Defodio) · Growth Charm · Ice Jinx · Impervius Charm (Impervius) · Knitting Charm · Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) · Leg-Locker Curse (Locomotor Mortis) · Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa) · Locking Spell (Colloportus) · Locomotion Charm (Locomotor) · Lumos Solem Spell (Lumos Solem) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Memory Charm (Obliviate) · Muffliato Charm (Muffliato) · Nonverbal spells · Pack Charm (Pack) · Red Sparks (Vermillious) · Reductor Curse (Reducto) · Scouring Charm (Scourgify) · Seize and pull charm (Carpe Retractum) · Severing Charm (Diffindo) · Shrinking Charm (Reducio) · Silencing Charm (Silencio) · Slowing Charm (Arresto Momentum) · Skurge Charm (Skurge) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Spell for growing legs · Substantive Charm · Summoning Charm (Accio) · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Unlocking Charm (Alohomora) · Vinegar to wine spell · Wand-Extinguishing Charm (Nox) · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos) · Lumos Maxima · Water-Making Spell (Aguamenti)