Potion symbols table

"Potions and Symbols. Please make sure you use the correct symbol."

- Libatius Borage, Advanced Potion-Making

The potion elements could be organised in the shape of a table. These symbols had origins in various mystical and esoteric fields and were used in writing chemical recipes, what made those look like abstruse magic incantations.

Mixing up this symbols in a chemical recipe would result in failure, or even possibly, disaster.



Behind the scenes

 * This table strongly resembles the real-world periodic table of the chemical elements. When analised carefully, one can notice that the structure of every cell in the table includes what in the periodic table would be the chemical symbol, atomic number and the atomic weight of every element.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)