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{{Quote|Muggle-Repelling Charms on every inch of it. Every time Muggles have got anywhere near here all year, they've suddenly remembered urgent appointments and had to dash away again.|[[Arthur Weasley]]|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}
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{{Dialogue a-b-a-b|Hermione|Salvio hexia...Protego totalum...Repello Muggletum...Muffliato...You could get out the tent, Harry...|Harry|Tent?|In the bag!|In the...of course.|Harry and Hermione conversing while the latter casts enchantments such as this one.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
  
   
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The '''Muggle-Repelling Charm''' is a [[charm]] that causes an area to be unseen by [[Muggle]]s or causes it to be undesirable for Muggles to search or enter. Its incantation is ''Repello Muggletum''.
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The '''Muggle-Repelling Charm'''<ref name="DH15">{{DH}} - Chapter 15 (''The Goblin's Revenge'')</ref> (''Repello Muggletum''<ref name="DH14"/>) was a [[charm]] that repelled Muggles from an area.
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==Know uses==
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*Every inch of the [[Quidditch Trillenium Stadium]] was covered in Muggle-Repelling Charms for the [[1994 Quidditch World Cup]] in [[Dartmoor]]<ref name="GF8">{{GOF}} - Chapter 8 (''The Quidditch World Cup'')</ref>
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==Effects==
  
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*[[Hogwarts Castle]] and [[Durmstrang Castle]] are both protected by Muggle-Repelling Charms<ref name="GF11">{{GF}} - Chapter 11 (''Aboard the Hogwarts Express'')</ref>
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[[File:Hermione (6).jpg|thumb|148px|Hermione Granger using the Muggle-Repelling Charm to protect the camp site.]]
  
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*According to ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'', Muggle-Repelling Charms are used on the habitats of some magical creatures.
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*[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="DH14" /> and [[Harry Potter]]<ref name="DH27">{{DH}} - Chapter 27 (''The Final Hiding Place'')</ref> used this spell to protect their campsite from [[1997]]-[[1998]] while hunting [[Horcrux]]es.
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Some of the effects of the [[spell]] are that [[Muggle]]s will suddenly realise a reason as not to enter the area over this charm's protection, for example, by "remembering" that they had an urgent appointment somewhere else.
  
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==Known uses==
  
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[[Hermione Granger]] often cast the spell in the area when she, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], and [[Harry Potter]] went into hiding during their [[Horcrux hunt|hunt]] for [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s [[Horcrux]]es. [[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' (real)]] also mentions that Muggle-repelling charms are used on the habitats of some magical creatures to prevent [[Muggle]]s from discovering them. Overall, it's used with most magical areas or locations to protect the wizarding world and its identity from nonmagic folk, or Muggles. [[Harry Potter]] would also occasionally cast this spell during the horcrux hunt as well.
  
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==Possible uses==
  
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It was cast on the stadium of the [[Quidditch World Cup]] and may also be one of the protective spells placed on [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], since it is known that if a Muggle looks at Hogwarts the only thing they see is a decrepit ruin with a sign saying "Keep out". It is probably put on [[The Leaky Cauldron]]. It is also likely that it has been cast over [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries]]. It is possible that this is one of the enchantments that [[Orion Black]] used to protect [[12 Grimmauld Place|his home]].
  
   
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== Known practitioners ==
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* [[Hermione Granger]]
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* [[Harry Potter]]
 
==Behind the scenes==
  
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*[[Tom Riddle]] tells Hagrid that Myrtle's parents will be arriving at Hogwarts to collect their daughter's body; as they are Muggles, this should not be possible. However, the charm may have been lifted for the event, or Tom may have been lying.
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*Sirius says his father [[Orion Black]] put every protection known to wizardkind on [[12 Grimmauld Place]], and since Muggles cannot approach or enter it, it is possible this was among those spells.
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*When [[Harry Potter|Harry]] is viewing the memory from [[Tom Riddle]]'s [[Tom Riddle's Diary|diary]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Tom says to [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]] at one point: "The [[Myrtle|dead girl's]] parents will be here tomorrow." It is stated elsewhere in the book that Myrtle is [[Muggle-born]]. [[Muggle]]s cannot enter [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]. However, it is possible that an exception was made for them (the Muggle-Repelling Charm could be lifted a day or two, for this reason). It is also possible that Tom was lying to Hagrid.
  
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*Muggles can see neither the [[Leaky Cauldron]] nor [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries]]; this may therefore be placed on both locations.
   
 
==Appearances==
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{1st Mention}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{1st}}
  
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
  
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
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*''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
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*''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)]]''
   
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==Notes and references==
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[[fr:Sortilège Repousse-Moldu]]
  
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Revision as of 18:00, 6 January 2015

"Muggle-Repelling Charms on every inch of it. Every time Muggles have got anywhere near here all year, they've suddenly remembered urgent appointments and had to dash away again."
— Arthur Weasley[src]

The Muggle-Repelling Charm[2] (Repello Muggletum[1]) was a charm that repelled Muggles from an area.

Know uses

Known practitioners

Behind the scenes

  • Tom Riddle tells Hagrid that Myrtle's parents will be arriving at Hogwarts to collect their daughter's body; as they are Muggles, this should not be possible. However, the charm may have been lifted for the event, or Tom may have been lying.
  • Sirius says his father Orion Black put every protection known to wizardkind on 12 Grimmauld Place, and since Muggles cannot approach or enter it, it is possible this was among those spells.
  • Muggles can see neither the Leaky Cauldron nor St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries; this may therefore be placed on both locations.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 14 (The Thief)
  2. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 15 (The Goblin's Revenge)
  3. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Chapter 8 (The Quidditch World Cup)
  4. ↑ Template:GF - Chapter 11 (Aboard the Hogwarts Express)
  5. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 27 (The Final Hiding Place)
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