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'''Thirteen''' is a number that is considered by members of both the [[Wizardkind|magical]] and [[Muggle|non-magical]] communities to be unlucky and to be the cause of suffering and misfortune. |
'''Thirteen''' is a number that is considered by members of both the [[Wizardkind|magical]] and [[Muggle|non-magical]] communities to be unlucky and to be the cause of suffering and misfortune. |
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| − | ==Wizarding community== |
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| + | *[[Pollux Black]] was thirteen years old when he and his wife [[Irma Crabbe]] had their first child, [[Walburga Black|Walburga]], in [[1925]].<ref>[http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/blackfamilytree.html JK Rowling's diagram of the Black Family tree]</ref> |
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| − | On Christmas Day, [[1993]], [[Sybill Trelawney]], professor of [[Divination (class)|Divination]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] joined several of her pupils fellow teachers for Christmas dinner in the castle's [[Great Hall]]. She was fearful upon noticing that twelve people were dining in the hall, that were she to sit down, the first of the thirteen seated to rise would be the first to die. Fellow professor [[Minerva McGonagall]] expressed doubts regarding her fears. Thirteen people came to collect [[Harry Potter]] from [[4 Privet Drive]] for the last time in 1997. It is possible that this contributed to the bad luck experienced by these wizards and witches on this operation. One of the thirteen, [[Alastor Moody]], died that day. [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] spent thirteen years of his life without a body and the [[Death Eaters]] had not met in his presence for thirteen years before they did so in the [[Little Hangleton graveyard]] on 24 June, [[1995]]. [[Irma Crabbe]] was thirteen years old when she and her husband [[Pollux Black]] had their first child, [[Walburga Black|Walburga]] in 1925. [[Peter Pettigrew]] murdered twelve people after betraying [[James Potter|James]] and [[Lily Potter]], as well as faking his own death. As a result, [[Sirius Black]] was wrongly convicted of the murder of thirteen people and imprisoned in Azkaban. [[Barty Crouch Jr.]]'s escape from [[Azkaban]] prison in 1982 was not known publicly until [[1995]], thirteen years later. Lord Voldemort's wand is thirteen and a half inches long. |
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| + | *[[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s [[Tom Riddle's wand|wand]] is thirteen and a half inches long.<ref>{{PS}}</ref> |
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| + | *[[Peter Pettigrew]] murdered twelve people after betraying [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]], as well as faking his own death. As a result, [[Sirius Black]] was wrongly convicted of the murder of thirteen people and imprisoned in Azkaban.<ref name="POA">{{POA}}</ref> |
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| + | *On Christmas Day, [[1993]], [[Sybill Trelawney]], professor of [[Divination (class)|Divination]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], joined several of her pupils and fellow teachers for Christmas dinner in the castle's [[Great Hall]]. She was fearful upon noticing that twelve people were dining in the hall, believing that were she to sit down, the first of the thirteen seated to rise would be the first to die. Fellow professor [[Minerva McGonagall]] expressed doubts regarding her fears.<ref name="POA" /> |
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| + | **However, if [[Peter Pettigrew]] in his Scabbers disguise is counted as a person, there were thirteen people before Trelawney arrived. Since [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] rose from his seat to greet Professor Trelawney, and assuming [[Derek]] and two other unnamed students did not die before [[Dumbledore]]'s death in 1997, [[Professor Trelawney]] 's prediction was correct. |
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| + | **[[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] spent thirteen years of his life without a body and the [[Death Eaters]] had not met in his presence for thirteen years before they did so in the [[Little Hangleton graveyard]] on 24 June, [[1995]].<ref name="GOF">{{GOF}}</ref> |
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| + | *[[Bartemius Crouch Jr.|Barty Crouch Jr.]]'s escape from [[Azkaban]] prison in [[1982]] was not known publicly until [[1995]], thirteen years later.<ref name="GOF" /> |
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| + | *Thirteen people came to collect [[Harry Potter]] from [[4 Privet Drive]] for the last time in [[1997]]. It is possible that this contributed to the bad luck experienced by these wizards and witches on this operation. One of the thirteen, [[Alastor Moody]], died that day.<ref>{{DH}}</ref> |
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| + | *After Alastor Moody's death, 13 people sat in the living room of the Weasleys. The first person to stand up, Remus Lupin, was the first to die. |
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| + | ==Appearances== |
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| + | *''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' |
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| − | *Thirteen people participated in the ill-fated rescue operation in which Harry Potter was collected from [[4 Privet Drive]] and brought to the [[Tonks house|house]] of [[Ted Tonks|Ted]] and [[Andromeda Tonks]] in 1997. |
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| + | *''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' |
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| − | *[[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] was thirteen years without a body after he was ripped from his own by the powerful magic of [[Lily Evans]]'s sacrifice. This was unfortunate in the extreme for him. |
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| + | *''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' |
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| − | *Sirius Black's maternal grandmother, [[Irma Crabbe]] was only thirteen years old when she gave birth to his mother, [[Walburga Black]]. |
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| + | *''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]'' |
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| − | *Sirius Black was wrongly convicted of the murder of thirteen people when [[Peter Pettigrew]] killed twelve mugles and faked his own death on 1 November 1981. This was extremely unlucky for Black as he spent the next twelve years imprisoned in Azkaban. |
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| + | *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' |
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| − | *The escape from Azkaban of [[Barty Crouch Jr.]] in [[1982]] was not publicised until thirteen years afterwards. This in particular was hugely unfortunate for the wizarding world as had Crouch been caught, Lord Voldemort may not have regained his body. |
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| + | *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]'' |
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| + | ==External Links== |
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| + | {{Wikilink|Thirteen}} |
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| + | ==Notes and references== |
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| + | {{Reflist}} |
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| + | [[Category:Magic]] |
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| + | [[Category:Mathematics]] |
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Revision as of 07:53, 29 December 2013
- "I dare not, Headmaster! If I join the table, we shall be thirteen! Nothing could be more unlucky! Never forget that when thirteen dine together, the first to rise will be the first to die!"
- — Sybill Trelawney describes the misfortune attributed to the number thirteen[src]
Thirteen is a number that is considered by members of both the magical and non-magical communities to be unlucky and to be the cause of suffering and misfortune.
Thirteen in the wizarding world
- Pollux Black was thirteen years old when he and his wife Irma Crabbe had their first child, Walburga, in 1925.[1]
- Lord Voldemort's wand is thirteen and a half inches long.[2]
- Peter Pettigrew murdered twelve people after betraying James and Lily Potter, as well as faking his own death. As a result, Sirius Black was wrongly convicted of the murder of thirteen people and imprisoned in Azkaban.[3]
- On Christmas Day, 1993, Sybill Trelawney, professor of Divination at Hogwarts, joined several of her pupils and fellow teachers for Christmas dinner in the castle's Great Hall. She was fearful upon noticing that twelve people were dining in the hall, believing that were she to sit down, the first of the thirteen seated to rise would be the first to die. Fellow professor Minerva McGonagall expressed doubts regarding her fears.[3]
- However, if Peter Pettigrew in his Scabbers disguise is counted as a person, there were thirteen people before Trelawney arrived. Since Dumbledore rose from his seat to greet Professor Trelawney, and assuming Derek and two other unnamed students did not die before Dumbledore's death in 1997, Professor Trelawney 's prediction was correct.
- Lord Voldemort spent thirteen years of his life without a body and the Death Eaters had not met in his presence for thirteen years before they did so in the Little Hangleton graveyard on 24 June, 1995.[4]
- Barty Crouch Jr.'s escape from Azkaban prison in 1982 was not known publicly until 1995, thirteen years later.[4]
- Thirteen people came to collect Harry Potter from 4 Privet Drive for the last time in 1997. It is possible that this contributed to the bad luck experienced by these wizards and witches on this operation. One of the thirteen, Alastor Moody, died that day.[5]
- After Alastor Moody's death, 13 people sat in the living room of the Weasleys. The first person to stand up, Remus Lupin, was the first to die.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
