Study of Ancient Runes

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Study of Ancient Runes
Class information
Professor	Bathsheda Babbling
Required textbooks	Ancient Runes Made Easy; Rune Dictionary; Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms; Spellman's Syllabary; Advanced Rune Translation
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The Study of Ancient Runes is an elective course at Hogwarts, that can be taken by students third year and above. It is taught by Professor Bathsheda Babbling.^[1] Hermione Granger is a student known to be taking this class, though it is possible that Luna Lovegood might also have taken this class as when Harry Potter first meets her on the Hogwarts Express she is reading a section in The Quibbler that contains Ancient Runes which if turned on their heads supposedly reveal a spell that turns your enemy’s ears into kumquats. Ancient Runes is a mostly theoretical subject that studies the ancient runic scripts of magic.

Contents 1 Words learned in this class 2 Required Reading 3 Known O.W.L.s 4 Notes

[edit] Words learned in this class

So far, only two words and their English translations are known, and since both words are Proto-Germanic runes (futhark), it is likely that the students learned the rest. Hermione mixes these two words up on her Ancient Runes O.W.L. exam.

Rune	Translation
Ehwaz	Partnership (literally means "horse")
Eihwaz	Defence (literally means "yew-tree")

[edit] Required Reading

• Ancient Runes Made Easy
• Rune Dictionary
• Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms
• Spellman's Syllabary
• Advanced Rune Translation

[edit] Known O.W.L.s

• Hermione Granger
• Bill Weasley
• Percy Weasley
• Barty Crouch Jr

[edit] Notes