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+ | |effect=Mutation |
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− | |effect=Mutates one's skull |
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+ | {{Quote|There were all these mutant skeletons in there, of [[muggles]] who'd broken in and grown extra heads and stuff.|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] on this [[hex]]'s use in the [[Great Pyramids]]|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}} |
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− | '''''Mutatio Skullus''''' is a [[Hex]]. The effect is unknown, but the name of the spell suggests that it would be used to mutate the skull of an enemy. |
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+ | '''''Mutatio Skullus''''' is the [[incantation]] to a [[hex]] which mutates the victim; for example, growing extra heads.<ref name="PoA1">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' (''Chapter One - Owl Post'')</ref> |
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− | It is one of the spells randomly shouted during the Third Task in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)]]''. This may have been one of the spells cast over the Great Pyramids by the Ancient Egyptian Wizards, as [[Ron Weasley]] said that his sister [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny]] wasn't allowed to go into one pyramid because inside, there were many skeletons with mutated heads. |
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+ | ==Practitioners== |
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+ | *[[Fleur Delacour]]<ref name="GoFVG"/> |
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+ | *[[Viktor Krum]]<ref name="GoFVG"/> |
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+ | *[[Ancient Studies|Ancient]] [[Egypt]]ian [[Wizardkind|wizards]]<ref name="PoA1"/> |
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==Etymology== |
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+ | From [[Latin]] "''mutatio''", meaning "change" or "mutation"<ref name="GT1">[http://translate.google.ca/?hl=en&tab=wT#la/en/mutatio Mutatio Latin to English Translation] on [http://translate.google.ca/ Google Translate]</ref> and "''skullus''", meaning "skull"<ref name="GT2">[http://translate.google.ca/?hl=en&tab=wT#la/en/skullus Skullus Latin to English Translation] on [http://translate.google.ca/ Google Translate]</ref> |
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− | From the Latin ''mutatio'', meaning "I change", and an adaptation of the English noun ''skull''. |
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+ | ==Behind the scenes== |
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+ | *This spell's effects seem similar to the effects of ''[[Transmogrify]]'', a spell which also mutates the target. |
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+ | *''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)]]'' {{1st ID}} |
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+ | ==Notes and references== |
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+ | {{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:Hexes]] |
[[Category:Hexes]] |
Revision as of 20:45, 22 December 2015
- "There were all these mutant skeletons in there, of muggles who'd broken in and grown extra heads and stuff."
- — Ron Weasley on this hex's use in the Great Pyramids[src]
Mutatio Skullus is the incantation to a hex which mutates the victim; for example, growing extra heads.[1]
Practitioners
Etymology
From Latin "mutatio", meaning "change" or "mutation"[3] and "skullus", meaning "skull"[4]
Behind the scenes
- This spell's effects seem similar to the effects of Transmogrify, a spell which also mutates the target.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game) (First identified as Mutatio Skullus)