Spell creation

Spell creation is the highly dangerous and mysterious art of creating new spells. Only witches and wizards with great understanding of magic are known to be able to invent and create spells.

Processes

Not much is known about this form of magic. Most wizards and witches only know it is extremely dangerous and that a lot of people have suffered a great deal of injures and even death, hence few attempt it.

It seems centred very much around Latin. About 90% of all the spells are Latin in different forms; presumably, in order to create spells, it is very important to find the correct Latin pronunciation (as seen in Snape's potion book, wherein line after line had been crossed out, apparently as a result of trial-and-error.)

Known spell inventors and their creations

Name of Crafter	Spells Created	Notes
Merwyn the Malicious	Many jinxes and hexes	Spells described as 'unpleasant'. Created in the Middle Ages.
Delfina Crimp	Severing Charm	Delfina Crimp was a London clothier in the 15th century; she invented the Severing Charm to help her to accurately cut fabric.
Felix Summerbee	Cheering Charm	Invented between 1447 and 1508.
Jarleth Hobart	Levitation Charm	Invented in 1544, first used on self to ill effect.
Mnemone Radford	Memory-Modifying Charms	Created between 1562 and 1649.
Ancient African sorcerer	Unlocking Charm	Taught to Eldon Elsrickle, who used it to rob the houses of London, in the early 1600s.
Urquhart Rackharrow	Entrail-Expelling Curse	Invented between 1612 - 1697.
Orabella Nuttley	Mending Charm	First used in 1754 after a riot after a broom race left the Coliseum in ruins.
Levina Monkstanley	Wand-Lighting Charm	First used to illuminate a corner in which she had dropped a quill. Invented in 1772.
Elliot Smethwyck	Softening Charm	Used to make broomsticks more comfortable, in 1820.
Basil Horton Randolph Keitch	Horton-Keitch Braking Charm	Invented (c. 1929) with his partner Randolph Keitch.
Tom Riddle	Morsmordre Unsupported flight	Used as the sign of the Death Eaters. Created during, or shortly prior to, the First Wizarding War. Thought to be magically impossible, unsupported flight was invented by Tom Riddle - that is, flight without need of broomstick or thestral.
Severus Snape	Langlock Muffliato Sectumsempra Levicorpus Liberacorpus Vulnera Sanentur	All spells recorded in his copy of Advanced Potion Making were also crafted by him. Created between 1977 and 1978.
Mrs. Lovegood	Unknown spell which resulted in her death.	Invented in 1990. Mrs. Lovegood's death was described as 'gory'.
Fred and George Weasley	Patented Daydream Charms	Invented between 1994 - 1995.
Hermione Granger	Dumbledore's Army parchment jinx Possibly the Four-Point Spell, though this may have been merely uncovered through research.	Invented in 1995.

Behind the scenes

• It is possible that Gilderoy Lockhart was a spell inventor, as he seemed to make several spells (Deboning, Peskipiksi Pesternomi, etc.) up on the spot. This would explain why he did not expect them to work the way they did all of them producing the correct effect (etymologically speaking) bar Peskipiksi Pesternomi.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Mentioned on a Famous Wizard Card)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Mentioned on a Famous Wizard Card)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Possible appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game) (Possible appearance)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Possible appearance)