Goblin magic

Goblins are known to be able to employ their own brand of wandless magic. This magic had the potential of being channelled through a wand, as Hodrod the Horny-Handed infamously demonstrated during the Chipping Clodbury riot in 1999, but goblin possession of wands has been outlawed by the Ministry of Magic since the inception of the Wand Ban (Clause Three of the Code of Wand Use), passed in 1631.

Goblins resent this fact bitterly as, in Griphook's words, this is the wizards' way of denying them the chance of extending their powers through the study of wandlore. This was, in fact, one of the facts that provoked one of the bloody Goblin Rebellions in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
 * Daily Prophet Newsletters