Changes: Wand-Lighting Charm

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Lumos is a charm that causes the tip of the caster's wand to light up. Evidently the light has some heat to it, because Alastor Moody used the light to burn paper^[1]. Its counter-spell is Nox. It is taught in first year charms classes. Lumos is found in the Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2.^[2]

Known practitioners

Etymology

The incantation Lumos is derived from the Latin lumen meaning "light."

Behind the scenes and other versions

It is possible this charm is not affected by The Trace, perhaps because it is incredibly simple and looks like a flashlight, so this spell could be used outside Hogwarts.^[3]
In the opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Bonnie Wright, Rupert Grint and James and Oliver Phelps tried to use Lumos to illuminate Hogwarts Castle. However, they did not succeed and they tried a stronger version of this spell, Lumos Maxima.
Other versions of the spell were used in the movies:
- Lumos Solem was used by Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone creates a beam of light with the intensity of the Sun.
- Lumos Maxima was performed by Harry Potter at the Dursleys' house in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and was also used in the Horcrux cave in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter. It creates an extremely large ball of light at the end of the wand, which can even be cast off to hover and light a greater area.
- In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Ron Weasley has a version called Lumos Duo, which creates a conection between the caster's wand and a creature or object.

Appearances

Notes and references

↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
↑ In The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, the wizard, "Lit his wand", so he may have used Lumos.

[1] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

[2] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)

[3] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

[4] In The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, the wizard, "Lit his wand", so he may have used Lumos.

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