Harry Potter Wiki
Harry Potter Wiki
Tag: Visual edit
No edit summary
(9 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 7: Line 7:
 
|hand=
 
|hand=
 
|light=
 
|light=
|effect=Makes something lightweight<ref name=POA>{{POA}}</ref>
+
|effect=Minimises object's weight<ref name="POA3">{{POA|B|3}}</ref>
  +
}}
}}{{quote|What if he bewitched the trunk to make it feather-light, tied it to his broomstick, covered himself in the cloak, and flew to London?|Harry Potter imagines using this spell|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
+
{{quote|What if he bewitched the trunk to make it feather-light, tied it to his broomstick, covered himself in the cloak, and flew to London?|Harry Potter considers using this spell|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
   
The '''feather-light charm''' (''incantation unknown'') was a [[charm]] used to make heavy objects lighter in terms of weight.<ref name="POA" />
+
The '''feather-light charm''' {{Incantation unknown}} was a [[charm]] used to make heavy objects as light as a feather.<ref name="POA3" />
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
In [[1993]], [[Harry Potter]] contemplated using the spell to make his trunk lighter in order to tie it to the back of his broom and fly to [[London]] in order to get some money from [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank|Gringotts]] due to his belief that he was a fugitive. However, he did not actually use the spell.<ref name="POA3" />
[[Newton Scamander]] may have used this charm in order to carry his [[Newton Scamander's suitcase|suitcase]] to [[New York]].
 
 
[[Harry Potter]] contemplated using the spell to make his trunk lighter in order to tie it to the back of his broom and fly to [[London]] in order to get some money from [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank|Gringotts]] due to his belief that he was a fugitive. However, he did not actually use the spell.<ref name="POA" />
 
 
[[Hermione Granger]] may have used the charm in order to make her [[Hermione Granger's handbag|beaded handbag]] lighter; however, this may have been the effect of [[Undetectable Extension Charm|another spell placed on it]].<ref>Though she can carry it with apparent ease, the fact that it extends undetectably may mean that it also becomes lightweight as if there was nothing in it.</ref>
 
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
It is unknown why [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] students don't use this spell on their trunks to make them easier to carry; it is possible this would be against the [[Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery]].<ref>Underage students cannot perform magic unless in school, though it's possible that an exception can be made; this would also explain why, though in his first year Harry needed both the Weasley twins and himself to lift his trunk into the luggage racks, the other years he had no difficulty with it.</ref>
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
*{{POA}} {{1st Mention}}
 
*{{POA}} {{1st Mention}}
*{{DH}} {{Possible}}
 
*{{FB|F}} {{Possible}}
 
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Reflist}}
  +
[[de:Federleicht]]
  +
[[es:Encantamiento "ligero como pluma"]]
 
[[Category:Charms]]
 
[[Category:Charms]]
 
[[Category:Spells of unknown incantation]]
 
[[Category:Spells of unknown incantation]]

Revision as of 09:09, 19 October 2019

"What if he bewitched the trunk to make it feather-light, tied it to his broomstick, covered himself in the cloak, and flew to London?"
— Harry Potter considers using this spell[src]

The feather-light charm (incantation unknown) was a charm used to make heavy objects as light as a feather.[1]

History

In 1993, Harry Potter contemplated using the spell to make his trunk lighter in order to tie it to the back of his broom and fly to London in order to get some money from Gringotts due to his belief that he was a fugitive. However, he did not actually use the spell.[1]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 3 (The Knight Bus)